hospice

My first post though I have been reading these for years.. My mom is about at the end. She was in the hospital last week with pneumonitis for three days and then again the day after they released her for another breathing "episode" where we almost lost her. During this time she was in the...

Mom has trouble sleeping and it's because her legs hurt at night. The hospice nurse said we could give her a bit of morphine at night for this. I thought the morphine was just for breathing problems. Nurse told this to my dad so I haven't spoken to her about it. Anyone else use Morphine for...

To give a little brief history, my father is 80 and was diagnosed on 12-13-13 with ALS. I am sure he has been fighting this horrible disease for much longer it just took a while for all of the pieces of the puzzle to come together and come to this diagnosis. His arms are basically useless and...

I think mom is rapidly approaching the end. Now she is having trouble breathing when laying down. Last night she even had trouble sitting in the recliner. Last week we thought she might have aspirated but no temp and no coughing so I guess she didn't aspirate. We got accepted into Hospice...

Hello, everyone. My mom's discomfort level has recently increased rapidly and drastically. We are reaching the very end of this battle and comfort is priority above all else. Hospice has provided liquid morphine drops that they say help her breathing (maybe by making her more calm?) and also...

So I haven't been on here in a while. I've been getting support by joining a als caregivers fb group. But somehow I'm not apart of the group anymore. Anyway I hope everyone is hanging in there. Right now we are trying to get a head mouse for a communication device for mom. We were told the...

My sweet sister passed this morning. One year and two months after diagnosis and a rapid progression. In the end she went 13 days without food and just sips of water. We couldn't get her comfy at home, and the drugs weren't helping. We transferred her to inpatient hospice (her decision) where...

Dad is home on hospice from his brain bleed and his head is better but his muscles are killing him. Is this normal? It is killing me that the morphine isn't working. They've added Methadone to his treatment plan but we are to scared to try it. I just want to take his pain away. It's slowly...