poppies
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Apr 2, 2013
- Messages
- 233
- Reason
- Lost a loved one
- Diagnosis
- 02/2013
- Country
- SA
- State
- Kwazulu Natal
- City
- Durban
Hi everyone. Please keep my darling PALS, Iven in your thoughts and prayers. He was admitted into ICU yesterday afternoon with severe pneumonia. He has been in great distress for the past week and eventually could not take it anymore despite the morphine taking the edge off. I am not allowed to stay in ICU with him or go in at meal or bath times, only visiting hours. I showed the nurse how to use the alphabet board and asked her to show the nurse at change over of shifts. I am just hoping they have done this. I will see how he is at 11am CAT. We tried to get him into Hospice on Friday and again Sunday to avoid hospital but they did not have a bed for him until today (Monday). As it turned out that was too late. Today I am going to arrange a hospital bed for home and make some changes to our living arrangements so we can make him more comfortable when he comes home. I am still praying to God but have to admit that I just don't understand why he has to suffer so very much and for so long. He doesn't deserve this.