Mom has been a patient at Burien Nursing and Rehabilitation since March 6th. She had a fall in February that resulted in a hospitalization and another fall at home on March 2nd, the day after her 92nd birthday.
Mom is on hospice care now. She will get some extra support from a hospice nurse, an extra bath a week, pain meds. and a more comfortable mattress as she has back pain. The hospice nurse told me today when I met with her that this is most likely due to pressure from the fluid in her lungs or it could be that the cancer has spread to her spine.
She has a mass in her chest, probably a malignancy that has spread from her breast cancer. Both lungs now have pleural effusions...basically her lungs are filling with fluid from the congestive heart failure.
She will also have a visiting chaplain and hospice volunteers who will check on her.
She sleeps more now and hopefully will just drift off ...for her sake, I hope sooner rather than later.
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