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Monday, February 26. 2024

A shout-out to all Hospice staff


A giant Thank You for all of the good, caring, and careful work you do. Not just for the ailing person, but for the family. My lad, who knows about these things, half-jokes that hospice care is the best medical care in the US, and morphine is still medicine's greatest gift besides antibiotics. Morphius - the Greek god of dreams and sleep.


We lost my shanachie father-in-law this weekend after his long, cheerful, often joyful life, and the hospice people have been amazing. Never in a hurry either. A blessing.


Fortunately for our family, there is one new child waiting to be born to carry on, to carry on.




Posted by Bird Dog in Medical at 13:34 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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BD and Mrs BD, so sorry for your loss. I'm sure you are grateful for the many years you had with him, and all his continuing adventures during a long life well lived. Peace and condolences.

Yes, hospice is a great blessing.
#1 Dan D on 2024-02-26 13:35 (Reply)
May you have many years together to enjoy the memories.
#2 Don on 2024-02-26 13:57 (Reply)
BD and family, sorry for your loss. It's a good thing he had his family close, and quality hospice care, and I hope that his passing was eased.
#3 Aggie on 2024-02-26 14:40 (Reply)
Thank to all. It was his time, age 95, natural.
#3.1 Bird Dog on 2024-02-26 14:53 (Reply)
Condolences. God Bless.
#4 Zachinoff on 2024-02-26 15:57 (Reply)
I agree. The workers were fantastic when we placed my son into hospice. Only one hiccup and I found it kind of amusing. We were in the midst of an intense moment (as happens in Hospice) when an administrator came busting into the room about some paperwork. A bit too intensely for the moment. I turned to her and barked, “Not now!”. A look of horror came over her face as she realized what she had done. An immediate about face and scurry out the door followed. Poor women.
#5 Tom on 2024-02-26 16:09 (Reply)
I can’t say enough nice things about the people that run Hospice. They helped me through difficult times when my mom died, and three years later when my step-father passed. Very compassionate and accommodating. Step-dad was on hospice for almost a year - 81 years old with MS. He was wheel chair bound with the use of one arm. I continued to hear from Hospice, checking on me, a year after his death. Very good people.

Condolences to you and your family.
#6 B. Hammer on 2024-02-26 17:05 (Reply)
So sorry to hear about your loss, but glad to know he lived well and was loved. You said a lot when you called him a shenachie!
#7 faculty wife on 2024-02-26 17:06 (Reply)
When a long hard journey to the end is over I feel relief for the person and their family. My mother broke the hospice record at the time while trapped in a nursing home for years due to Parkinson's. When the time came the home didn't seem to have any helpful ideas or understanding how to ease her pain which I thought disturbing. The hospice people came in near the end and knew the signs and helped make her last few days less painful.
#8 JC on 2024-02-27 08:33 (Reply)
Sorry for your loss BD & Mrs BD. I had to lookup shenachie, he must have been a great fellow to be araound.
#9 Dennis D on 2024-02-27 11:51 (Reply)
Very sorry for your loss BD and Mrs BD. We lost two of our extended family's elder seanchaidhe very recently. Their funeral gatherings were a chance for the family to all come together but it's a great loss.
#10 LP on 2024-02-27 15:24 (Reply)

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