Yea! We're home! Or at least some of us are. Yesterday we were able to bring grandpa home from the hospital. Yea! He likes being home so much better. Can't say that I blame him. Yesterday was also grandma's gall bladder surgery. Everything went really well and when I talked to the surgeon he said he was very pleased with it. She was supposed to be able to come home yesterday a couple hours after the surgery but she didn't feel up to it so she stayed the night. That actually worked out well as I just had grandpa to get settled. We could have done it but this worked much better. I talked to her this morning and she said that she only had pain when she breathed in?!? So isn't that like all the time??? I don't know. She sounded good just kinda tired. Hopefully she'll be up and on her feet in no time.
We decided against the feeding tube as grandpa really didn't want it. It was more of us wanting to make him comfortable. When he was in the hospital he didn't eat for like 3 days because they were worried about him choking. It was so hard to have him tell us how hungry he is and ask why they wouldn't feed him. He is now able to eat it just has to be pureed and his liquids have to be thickened. We discussed it with a doctor who specialises in geriatrics and she informed us of what are options are. Grandpa is now under hospice care. What that means is that he is at the point where the disease is beyond fixing and we are just now keeping grandpa comfortable. I had always thought that hospice was for like the last 3 months of your life. But the hospice worker who got us started said they have had patients who were in hospice for 20 months. The main thing is just keeping the patient as comfortable as possible. This is a huge blessing for me as I didn't know what to do now. I've done care just never end of life care. It's totally different. It's wonderful to have their experience and knowledge at our disposal. We will now have a nurse come visit us at home once a week. And there is a nurse on call 24 hours a day for any questions or concerns we have. We don't ever have to take grandpa to the hospital again. They are able to provide all the medical care we need. I am so thankful for this because this is exactly what we needed.
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hi joy,
i'm so glad you guys are home safely. we're still praying for you and your household.
Thanks Scott! It's really good to be home. Grandma was better today and grandpa was really, really good. Better then I've seen him in months! I'm so encouraged. Hopefully things will settle into a routine now. We really appreciate the prayers. I know they helped. Thanks again.
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