Dad is in end-of-life care at home. He has been battling ongoing, compound health problems. He had esophageal cancer a couple years ago and had most of his esophagus removed. His ability to swallow was diminished and has had repeated bouts of aspiration pneumonia. A couple months ago, he was diagnosed with a massive brain tumor and almost didn't make it. The dr said he was probably not strong enough to survive radiation, but they decided to try anyway. In retrospect, we should have left him alone. The radiation caused additional problems (infection in legs, was the worst of it). He finally made the difficult (conscious) decision to begin end-of-life care. This phase has been extremely difficult. He has been on morphine for a few years now. He's at the maximum dose of fentnyl, morphine, and a couple other drugs and his heightened tolerance has caused him to suffer terribly.
I'm sorry for the excessive details. I hadn't planned on mentioning anything, but have found myself becoming more and more desperate for help. So I'm asking anyone that feels inclined to please offer up a prayer for him. I can't put into words the amount of suffering he is experiencing. Mom and him decided home care would be the best option, but he doesn't have round-the-clock care from professionals... only me, mom, my sister and brother with a brief nurse visit once a day. So as you can see, we all are going through a very dark time and could use any prayers.
There's a good bunch of folks here in the forum. I was moved by the prayers for a recent loss experienced by another member here, so I figured I would mention it.
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