Update on Dad (longish read)

[CassCounty]

Praying for you all.

[sling shot]

Prayers sent

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[witmer_c]

Prayers up!


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[CabezaBlanca]

Sent another.

[Weimman]

Prayers sent.

[Mertzon Man]

Prayers for peace and comfort.

[mooney_ag]

Prayers for strength and healing where that may be found.

[Hogmauler]

It’s painful. Again, take lots of videos and pics brother it’s gonna be hard but God will get y’all through this.

[BubRay]

Prayers up

[BTLowry]

Dad's been declining.
Since he's got decreased kidney function we thought it might have been a buildup of Morphine in the kidneys. It's not.

Hospice Nurse left about 3:30 today.

Dad's condition hasn't improved any since we haven't given him a morphine pill since yesterday. The morphine should be out of his system or mostly out.
That tells the nurse that Dad is in physical decline.
She'll be stopping by everyday now.

She's guessing he's got 7-10 days left.

He struggles swallowing so we're not giving him his prescriptions or supplements anymore.

We switched him to 0.25 Oral Morphine for pain.
The nurse pre filled some syringes for us.

She's also bringing oral Lorazepam for him. Just in case.

He was struggling a little to breathe so we put the oxygen on him and since he had a bloody nose we added a humidifier to it. Takes distilled water only.

Praying for all of you Kyle

[highspeed]

Prayers for your dad and family

[gatt40]

Praying

[rolylane6]

Praying that God's peace and comfort find you all. Sorry for this difficult time.

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[haas0311]

Prayers up.

[DXTrey]

I am sorry you guys are going through this. Praying for you and your family. We went through almost this exact scenario 4 years ago. Everything about it is hard.

You may want to ask your hospice nurse about Ativan. We found it was the best drug to actually help my dad relax there towards the end. Again, I'm sorry.