As you may have guessed by my lack of posting, Claudette passed away in the hospice on Thursday last. She had a walking frame and ripple mattress delivered, but was unable to use either as she could not lift herself up from the chair. On Tuesday it was decided that she would go into the hospice on Wednesday, her hairdresser came in the evening and cut her hair, followed by two nurses who washed her.
We stayed the last…
I couldn't get on to the site yesterday. Friday night wasn't too good, she slept until 3 but after that she was restless and uncomfortable, I moved her from the bed to her chair in the lounge, she wasn't too good at first, but improved when her cousin from Holland arrived, followed bt two fom America.
Last night wasn't good, she couldn't sleep in her hospital style raised bed, as there is a fold where the…
A couple of quite good days, although the nights haven't been too good, waking and being uncomfortable.We've discussed this and decided to use the anxiety/sleeping pill when she goes to bed, and will hopefully allow here to sleep longer, if this does occur she'll move to her chair (with a gel pillow) when she wakes up and let her doze there. At the moment she's taking a lot of morphine at night and none during the day…
Claudette spent the day resting in her armchair with her soft cushion watching TV. We reinstated the cookie jar when she said she was hungry.
I attempted to obtain some dressings, padded plasters, for her sores, but the system doesn't appear apple to provide them. Hopefully the district nurse will provide something similar today, if not I'll buy some. This caused sleeping problems overnight, which I suspect resulted…
