Dad is now home and in his bed.
It's all hit me now, I'm pretty worried. Not about death, that's going to come to all of us. But I'm scared about how we are going to be keeping him comfortable... We've still not managed to get him to eat any custard or yoghurt, he's just been spitting it out. We have managed to get him to have a few sips of water. This is not the best weather to not be eating or drinking!
My sister managed to get dad dressed into clean clothes. I have no idea how she managed it... serious question... with a PWD in this state at what looks likely to be there last few days/weeks, in pain when he's moved and very much deadweight despite weighing less... how do you get him changed? Should we invest in some hospital style gowns for him so he can keep his dignity in bed?
I had a call with a hospice nurse, and it was fine.... but I had this feeling that we would be expected to sit up through the night looking after dad.... Probably not going to be possible. But I guess we cross that bridge when we come to it.
It's all hit me now, I'm pretty worried. Not about death, that's going to come to all of us. But I'm scared about how we are going to be keeping him comfortable... We've still not managed to get him to eat any custard or yoghurt, he's just been spitting it out. We have managed to get him to have a few sips of water. This is not the best weather to not be eating or drinking!
My sister managed to get dad dressed into clean clothes. I have no idea how she managed it... serious question... with a PWD in this state at what looks likely to be there last few days/weeks, in pain when he's moved and very much deadweight despite weighing less... how do you get him changed? Should we invest in some hospital style gowns for him so he can keep his dignity in bed?
I had a call with a hospice nurse, and it was fine.... but I had this feeling that we would be expected to sit up through the night looking after dad.... Probably not going to be possible. But I guess we cross that bridge when we come to it.