As a healthcare worker I will tell you how important it is to ADVOCATE for your family members!!!!! Cole’s blood pressure has been really high last night and again this morning, and he was not getting a lot of pain medicine considering the fractures. He has all over his body. When the doctors were making rounds this morning, I told them I want more pain medicine for my child. As a result, he has been resting nicely all afternoon.
He was able to sit up with PT and OT today and change out his nasty neck brace to a nicer, smaller one!
He failed his swallow test today so they’re going to insert an NG tube. We also found out this morning that he has a pretty awful left mandibular fracture and tomorrow morning they will be wiring his jaw shut for three weeks. I had my first confrontation with an orthopedist today who I felt wasn’t listening to me and was only being negative about Cole’s injuries. He actually just called me back to offer an apology and go forward with stabilizing Cole’s shoulder.
Cole still doesn’t have any feeling or movement in his right arm, so I’m just trying to be patient with the process… Thank you for all of your continued prayers, we feel them and we definitely appreciate them 💜💜💜
My uncle was diagnosed in May 2024. Lung stage 4, metastasized to the liver. He was on his fourth round of different chemo. None of which had made a dent in the cancer. He was active until the past couple of months.
He fell on Monday night, and was taken to the hospital on Tuesday. Wednesday he was released to my home on hospice. There were many times that first day I thought, "I don't know if I can do this".
But then, there would be something that needed to be done. So I did it, and didn't have time to think about if I "could" anymore. I know I'm lucky he progressed as fast as he did. He had his mind made up, and was ready to leave. To the many caregivers that face the battles day after day, my hats off to you.
It's a unique thing to get past the point of considering yourself. Your sole focus is to try and decipher what they need. To look for the smallest sign that they might be thirsty. They might be in pain. They might just need a comforting hand to let them know they're not alone.
Through this experience I recognized how uncomfortable so many are with death. And I understand that. I'm just thankful I'm able to be one of the ones that can see it as a relief. And as a release from the confines of this world.
I saw my uncle take his last breath. And I sat beside him with my hand on his chest, so he would know he wasn't alone. And I felt the last beats if his heart. And I was thankful he want hurting anymore.
And then it was my turn to think about me. And I was sad. Sad that I would never hear him sing, or go to dinner and watch him flirt with the server. Or just sit in his presence and feel his energy, giving me that warm feeling that no matter what, he would do whatever he could to help me.
I love you Uncle Randy. And I'm going to miss you. And my life is better for having you in it. And I hope one day I'm lucky enough to have others talk about me like they do you. He was a good man, who would help anyway that he could. But, he didn't put up with any bullshit.
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