Vigil, Day 2
Jan. 6th, 2006 10:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lurkittyDad is resting comfortably. Vonda, a hospice worker, was just here and gave him a bath. She is so gentle with him. She cut the back of a T-shirt in half so that we don't have to lift him to change it, and so it doesn't bunch up while he's lying in bed. His breathing is quite shallow. He rouses every few hours and is lucid.
I stayed over last night and called in to work this morning. I got up and made breakfast. We had quite a time convincing Mom it was okay to go to her acupuncture/massage appointment this morning. I was really glad I stayed, because I could help strongarm her into going. She really needs it.
So often, dying people will pass on only when a certain person is away. I'm sure that is on Mom's mind, and it is on ours, too. But, at this point, it seems to support her going more than not.
So, we wait, grateful for the time we have had, hoping that he will go quietly.
Meanwhile, we are trading cat stories *smile* Got any good ones?
I stayed over last night and called in to work this morning. I got up and made breakfast. We had quite a time convincing Mom it was okay to go to her acupuncture/massage appointment this morning. I was really glad I stayed, because I could help strongarm her into going. She really needs it.
So often, dying people will pass on only when a certain person is away. I'm sure that is on Mom's mind, and it is on ours, too. But, at this point, it seems to support her going more than not.
So, we wait, grateful for the time we have had, hoping that he will go quietly.
Meanwhile, we are trading cat stories *smile* Got any good ones?
