The time has come for us to start Hospice (not becuase the end is tomorrow but because we want Dad to enjoy every day from here on out to the best of his ability and we need help to do that).
Everyone that has mentored us has told us this is truly a God send type of service and the people in Hospice are freakin awesome! So, Tuesday we met with the pallative care doctor and as of today the order has been issued for Dad to enter home based hospice when he leaves the hospital (scheduled for Sunday, Hospice to begin on Monday).
Hospice will be provided by the Fransican Hospice Group based out of Tacoma, you can read more about this type of care and the provider by following this link:
http://www.fhshealth.org/Services.aspx?id=82&menu_id=10&submenu_id=56
We are so very excited to have Hospice in the home! It provides:
1. A Registered Nurse who visits up to three times a week
2. A dedicated social worker who helps the care givers and family by setting up counseling, training, home care support (people who come take care of Dad when we are out), and other compassion based services
3. A 24/7 phone support group to call and ask questions or get medical info from.
4. Volunteers who come help around the house
5. Transfusions, Medical Equipment, showers, etc, etc
Basically Dad is going to get spoiled rotten, Sherry will be able to spend less time worrying and more time enjoying, and family and friends can rest assured that he's surrounded by people who care and a group of professionals dedicated to his well being spritually, emotionaly, physically, and mentally.
Of course this does mean that the journey towards the end of Dad's life has truly begun. we are blessed to have such experienced professionals that we have basically been given a road map to the end. It is a truly awesome thing to see such high levels of human compassion shown during this time.
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