So mom’s pain is pretty bad. The morphine dose, in my opinion, should be a lot higher. But I’m not in charge. It’s increased to hourly, the every 30 minutes by tomorrow hopefully.

She’s not resting well but it’s better. I think it’s going faster than predicted. That’s good but it’s hard to watch.

Went to Portland today for Charismas annual at the DS clinic. It was good. They like her it was quite pleasant interacting with the professionals.

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Got to elderhealth for today’s visit and huzzah, she was peaceful and asleep. Morphine is amazing. All food and most liquids are on hold, so the process moves forward.

I sat there and watched her sleep for several hours. Not very exciting but there you are. It was very rewarding. Her helper, jo, is hilarious. We talked for a while

Sent about a thousand texts. I’ll make a FB post tomorrow so that everyone will know.

Pretty good day. Met with some family at mom’s place. We visited for a goodly amount of time. She was pretty distressed and I anxiously awaited the arrival of sweet morphine. No such thing, so far.

I did a bunch of errands.

That is all

Got the call from Molly, the rn at elderhealth, that hospice is recommended for mom. She’s stopped eating and drinking. So that was a drag but not unexpected.

It’s unbelievable to me that she’s been at the memory care for more than 2 years. Where did the time go.

Lots of calls to make tomorrow and texts to send.