Good morning!!!!

[Eric Salop]

Good morning, another sunny day here. No wind either, a good time to set the zero on a new addition to the gun cabinet.

L4N, so sorry to hear about the poor care for your DIL. Home sounds a good place to be.

Any opinions on what will go well with this red trim?

Check, I tend to associate brightly painted buildings with the coast. It was said that having a variety of colours made it easier for fishermen to distinguish towns along the coastline when weather conditions were poor. With GPS I suppose they could now be painted "Vantablack" without a problem. Darkest Ever Black

Easy choice - go with whatever colour makes your wife happiest.

 

[daugen]

why it pays not to trust intersections and look both ways...
3 days ago in El Paso
Makes one wonder what kind of vehicle is needed to survive something like that...

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, a little cool out this A.M. 37°F and going to 55. Wind N 8 mph. 30% chance of showers.

I am out early this morning to get some 3/8" carriage bolts 6.5" long and a new rake.

I think the anemia will kill her before the cancer. She will just slip away in her sleep. That is what she is hoping too.
I think there will be a nasty, but honest post or two on their (the hospices') FB page.
People need to be aware of this practice. It is not the right thing to do, basically forcing someone to die. They might as well put a gun to her head and squeeze off a round. That would be a more humane way for her to die.

Thanks for the prayers and good wishes. They are appreciated.

You guys in the snow take it easy. Wet snow or heart attack snow is just that, a heart attack waiting to happen.
I adopt a different attitude to late season snows...The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.


Stay safe all

 

[Buppies]

Prayers for Toppop

wild Wreck Drew

 

[Bird]

I'm sure the individuals involved in providing hospice care make the major difference, but when my Mother saw the hospice care provided for my Dad, she decided right then that she wanted hospice when her time came. The individuals involved in her care were not nearly as good as those who provided Dad's care, but still better than not having hospice.

 

[Looking4new]

WOW! That is one nasty wreck. Did the cement truck driver have a medical emergency or was he/she drunk?

 

[Popgadget]

Yea, but isn't your wife a hospice nurse?

Yes for the last 30 years, about 25 of them in home care. Daughter has been in ICU and ER primarily.

 

[daugen]

Paul, my late wife was a charge nurse at Mercer Hospital in Trenton in ICU for almost 20 years.
"nothing like a good shooting or stabbing" was her take on things, but after many years all those
adrenaline rushes takes a toll and she moved on to private practice nursing.

But as Toppop and a few others of us know, being married to a nurse or doc has many benefits.
Based on his very bad motorcycle accident last year, Paul is a lucky man indeed to have two nurses looking
out after him. Two nurses. The man is surely spoiled.

 

[Popgadget]

Hospice is usually for our last week. Some folks who go in get better and come out.

Actually hospice is for when the decision is made that treatment is no longer viable and to increase the quality of what life remains.
Doctors have a hard time factoring in the quality of life and often times don’t recognize when hospice is the best option, as they consider it a failure on their part rather than a appropriate course of care. My wife has had patients that have been on hospice care from one day to multiple years. And as Drew said, a few “success stories”.

 

[daugen]

treatment is no longer viable and to increase the quality of what life remains
I like your description better, thanks, allows more possibilities.

The challenge comes when one is discharged from the hospital to the hospice
and retaining control over that situation.

Hey I figure I'm one of the those success stories already.
Life is good and let's not waste a day, if only in contemplation.
Need a category for some of us retired folks who need a little contemplation time...aka nap.