The Move to Gordon Hospice House

Yesterday I made the decision to move Bob to the Gordon Hospice House.  It was  difficult to bring my self to do it.  Bob had wanted to go home.  He wanted to be in his comfortable surroundings.  He could not be taken home while on IVs to keep him hydrated.  We had the peg tube [...]

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Hoping For Better Days Ahead

     It has been a week today since the peg tube was inserted into Bob’s stomach.  He is getting nutrition  and may be getting stronger.  He is not getting any better mentally.  He keeps taking his gown or shirt off and getting out from under his covers.  He seems to be hot all the time and occasionally [...]

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The Peg Tube Feeding Saga Continues

Bob has been getting peg tube feedings since Saturday night.  He has had his ups and downs.  The ups are consisting of obvious improvements of his mental state, staying awake more, responding to me and reading the message board that we write notes on for him to read. ( he doesn’t want to wear his hearing aid) Today [...]

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We Made the Hard Decision Together

Saturday morning Bob had a peg tube inserted into his stomach for feeding.  It was a hard decision to make but after hearing Bob talking about wanting to go home, wanting to go home to play with Lilly, wanting to go to the mountain, going to hunt big red apples at an orchard made me [...]

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Another Encourging Day

Sunday was a very good day!  Bob was alert and asking to go to the mountains.  He also wanted to go home to play with the little dog.  He ask me to put on his pants,shirt, and shoes.  I put his p.j.s bottoms on and a wool shirt and his shoes and socks.  One of [...]

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Praying for Encourging Days

        We came into the skilled nursing department of Iredell Memorial Hospital on December the 21st. we had been on the fourth floor of the hospital since being admitted on December , 13.  Bob was admitted to receive fluids via IV  because he was so dehydrated.  His appetite has been on the decline ever since the second [...]

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A Difficult Decision to Make

         Bob continues to lose weight. Last weight I was told about was at 140 pounds. He was probably a teenager when he was at that weight. I just learned Tuesday, the 4th of January, that Bob has only 5 more radiation treatments left to take. When we left Baptist Hospital November we were told he [...]

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