Once again Im asking if you would please keep my dear friend in your prayers. One of the last things she wants to do is go see her sons new house. He just finished building it and moved in two weeks ago. Before her diagnosis of cancer she had planned on moving from Baton Rouge to Monroe to live with him and his wife. When she found out about the cancer she decided to stay here and start her treatment. The plan was always for her to move there after chemo. As you know things didnt turn out that way. When she chose to end her treatment last week it was because the chemo was only going to extend her time by maybe a couple months. But during chemo she couldnt go anywhere or be around anyone for fear of getting sick. So continuing chemo wasnt going to allow her to live her remaining days doing the things she wanted to do. The top of her list was to see her only grandchild graduate high school next May in Tennessee. This wasnt going to be possible with or without chemo. Her next thing to do was go see her sons house. Her doctor who had cared for her through all of this told her she should go. Last Monday we switched from Home Health to Hospice. The nurse assigned to her wasnt too excited about us making this trip but didnt really voice his opinion on the first two visits. Then Friday rolled around and he came for his third time. He proceeded to tell her that if she took this trip that she probably wouldnt survive it. He went on to describe in detail all of the things that in his opinion would go wrong. I was furious! Well.... needless to say, but we now have a new hospice nurse and we are leaving in a few hours to take a road trip to Monroe. Our plans are to leave Tuesday morning and return on either Wednesday or Thursday afternoon. It is a four hour drive. I know this is going to be hard on her. I realize this may kill her. I know we may not come back. I know all of the horrible things that could happen. But what I believe more than anything is you have to live your life until you die. Staying her just waiting to die is no way to live. As scared as I am of losing her, and I dont want to speed up the process, I have to keep reminding myself that God decides when we take our last breath. And we decide which air we breath.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 08:29:52 +0000
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