6 weeks ago, she was reasonably mobile, quiet but able to respond to a question but then came the dreaded hospital admission. They put her to bed and didn't try her mobility for several weeks so Mum, who walked into that hospital, can no longer stand.
Fast forward 4 weeks and Mum stopped eating but would drink her supplements. A week ago, I suggested that Mum would soon start to refuse drinks and then today it came. All attempt at getting her to drink were met with clamped lips.
She's making it perfectly obvious that she's had enough and I don't blame her one bit.
I have told Mum that I understand and support her decision and made my feelings perfectly clear to the hospital. So now the long wait begins; perhaps tomorrow she'll drink but I'm certain that she's eaten her last supper. Meanwhile, I remain surprisingly calm and I think I'm ready to let her go.
Fast forward 4 weeks and Mum stopped eating but would drink her supplements. A week ago, I suggested that Mum would soon start to refuse drinks and then today it came. All attempt at getting her to drink were met with clamped lips.
She's making it perfectly obvious that she's had enough and I don't blame her one bit.
I have told Mum that I understand and support her decision and made my feelings perfectly clear to the hospital. So now the long wait begins; perhaps tomorrow she'll drink but I'm certain that she's eaten her last supper. Meanwhile, I remain surprisingly calm and I think I'm ready to let her go.