((((((Ann)))))) ~
Thank you so much.
As I said to Jim today, "this is obscene."
What kind of doctor allows a dying cancer patient to suffer unbearable incapacitating pain for 10 days? What's next? Denying Jim Hospice?
Today, we're trying to offset this stress with humor. When Jim was in the shower, he called out to me, "Rose, where's the shampoo?"
(He's bald, of course, thanks to chemo.)
It was just amazing to see him climb the stairs and go down them twice today. He made his own tea! He kept telling me to "sit down."
Imagine what life would have been like for the past 10 days, if Jim had been given steroids the day after his Opdivo infusion.
He missed 10 days with Jon, only able to call out to Jon from the living room futon nest. They need to be together. And Jon witnessed Jim hobbling, hunched over, and grimacing in pain as he sat on the toilet, because Jim had to use the door handle on the bathroom door to Jon's room for stability. Jon's expression of dismay and concern for his dad is etched forever in my memory.
I feel that the lack of attention Jim has received is absolutely cruel to him, me and Jon, and to all of our loved ones, who are praying for us.
And yes, outraged is the best word for how we feel now. Along with helpless. What do we do now? How do we proceed? What awaits Jim?
Love & Light,
Rose
Thank you so much.
As I said to Jim today, "this is obscene."
What kind of doctor allows a dying cancer patient to suffer unbearable incapacitating pain for 10 days? What's next? Denying Jim Hospice?
Today, we're trying to offset this stress with humor. When Jim was in the shower, he called out to me, "Rose, where's the shampoo?"
(He's bald, of course, thanks to chemo.)
It was just amazing to see him climb the stairs and go down them twice today. He made his own tea! He kept telling me to "sit down."
Imagine what life would have been like for the past 10 days, if Jim had been given steroids the day after his Opdivo infusion.
He missed 10 days with Jon, only able to call out to Jon from the living room futon nest. They need to be together. And Jon witnessed Jim hobbling, hunched over, and grimacing in pain as he sat on the toilet, because Jim had to use the door handle on the bathroom door to Jon's room for stability. Jon's expression of dismay and concern for his dad is etched forever in my memory.
I feel that the lack of attention Jim has received is absolutely cruel to him, me and Jon, and to all of our loved ones, who are praying for us.
And yes, outraged is the best word for how we feel now. Along with helpless. What do we do now? How do we proceed? What awaits Jim?
Love & Light,
Rose
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