Mom continues to improve. She was looking more bright-eyed this morning than she has in a long time. I have started asking her how she feels overall on a scale of 1 to 10. Last night she told me she was a 6. This morning she said a 4-5. I thought this might help me provide the reader with an objective assessement based on her rating, not mine.
She said the oncologist was in early this morning. Again, he wants to continue to monitor her for a couple more days. He also changed a couple of her medicines and order an iron replacement be given IV due to her anemia.
She said she ate a little bit of her cereal this morning (a few bites), drank all of her milk and juice.
We met with the supervisor from the social services department. She is going to have home health visit with Mom to see if she will qualify for home health services after discharge. They will then see what durable medical equipment (cane, walker, etc.) Mom would benefit having. Finally, a professional from a support group will be visiting with Mom in the next couple of days to help her cope with the cancer. I think this will help Mom greatly.
We found that hospice is not an option at this time. Although chemotherapy is at times used as pallative care, a person receiving it cannot qualify for hospice (even though pallative care is what hospice does).
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Lori,
Thank you so much for doing this blog! I am signed up now so I get you updates! Being 5 hours away I really appreciate being kept up to date on Carol's condition! You have done an incrediable job on this blog and we all appreciate your hard work! I have one more out of town trip this weekend, so I am hoping to get up to see Carol next week.
Carol and all of you kids are always in my thoughts and prayers!
Love,
Margie
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