I collected her from the hospice yesterday lunchtime, complete with two carrier bags of medication. She was rather anxious about (I think she felt secure in the hospice) and I was concerned about her having an anxiety attack, which had put her into the hospital in the first place. With a little reassurance from myself and the staff she got in the car and we drove home. I settled her down, sorted out her medication, most of the bulk was clexain and nebules for her nebuliser, and compared them with the excellent list we were given by the hospice. I had to give her an extra dose of oromorph, we have the (very) concentrated version which is given orally through a syringe. She settled down and after tea (cauliflower cheese) settled down to watch tv, and she eventually fell asleep.
My next concern was getting her to sleep in bed, she has slept in her chair for the last year. We have an adaptor which raises the head of the bed like a hospital bed. She got into bed, and told me it felt better than the hospice bed. Having set her up with a touch lamp, smoke alarm (to use as an alarm should she need me!) and a dose of morphine, she immediately fell asleep and slept through till morning with the cat at the foot of the bed. She did take the morphine, I think about 4 am.
