Stan Here:
We had a turns of events here in the last few days. Deb woke up this morning with a level of pain that was off of the charts. We called Hospice and today we had to opt to have her care be given by one of the local facilities who can provide the care and pain management needed. She is now at the Lakeside care facility on 40th street here in Holland.
A decision has been made to change the main med for pain from morphine to methadone. This transition involves slowly decreasing the morphine and increasing the methadone but it all has to be done under the supervision of professionals. This process will start on Monday and it will take about 2 weeks according to what we are being told. If it is not done this way the body can have withdrawal symptoms which are very harsh and worse than the pain itself. We do not want that so we have to go through this to get the pain under better control.
Many of you have asked what help they can give. One thing I can think of right now is that these care facilities can be somewhat depressing. They have all of the feel of "not the place you want to be". Most all of you know that Deb treasures her friends and at least for now visits seem to take a lot out of her. She does however like staying in touch and perhaps if people have the time she likes to read e-mail. She is not always able to respond so please understand that. We are in for a few tough weeks and the e-mail thing is the only thing I can think of right now. deb.hoksbergen@gmail.com
I am going to go tomorrow morning and bring a few plants and pictures from our home to her room to make it feel a little warmer. I will also update on when and if visits would work better than they would now. In all of this Deb has a tradition of reading every word of every card, every email, and any type of connection she can have with the people she knows. She is touched by every thing that comes her way like this.
Stan
My thoughts are with Deb, Stan and the whole family.
ReplyDeleteOh Deb, my heart is so heavy today. Lifting you up in thoughts and prayers
ReplyDeleteRemember, you are so loved by everyone!. Hang in there, but know that Jesus is preparing you a special place and trust that the spirit will fill your friends and family with his peace. Thanks for being an amazing person. 🌟
Thinking of you and praying for relief from the pain
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Maryland, Deb. We are experiencing a blizzard here right now- probably 30 inches of snow by the end of it. We lost our electricity for about two hours today, but it's back on, thankfully.
ReplyDeleteWe are praying that your pain will be eased soon. We are with you in spirit even though we are many miles away - and we think of you and your family constantly. Mom (Dorothy Martens) sends her love. We hope for comfort in the days to come.
Dear Deb, we a are also in the mist of a blizzard, although maybe not as much snow as my sister? I am thinking of you often and I pray that your pain can be brought under control. Love, Mary Martens Abramson
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