Marys been under Hospice care for 12 days now and most of the Adult children have come around, one is still convinced her mother shouldn't be under hospice care because all they do is make people die quicker. She's 35 years old and thinks like a teenager who knows everything at times aka a snowflake, I guess there's one in every family. I for one am glad hospice is here and grateful for the care they've been giving my wife.
Today Mary took a turn for the worse, before Hospice was talking months, now it's hours or days and that sucks. It really caught us off guard. So today was spent calling all the family and our kids to tell them if they were planning on coming to see Mary in the next month or two it had better be in the next few days. The hardest part of the day was telling two of my grandchildren who live with us (5 & 8) that Nana's leaving soon needless to say they didn't take it well. Hospice is going to arrange for them to see a grief counselor for as long as they need to and there's a summer camp called camp carousel which they can go to to help them adjust to Nana being gone.
I thought I was ready for this, when we still had time. To slowly get used to the idea of her not being here, to get the kids and grandkids ready so it wouldn't be so hard on them. But what today has made me realize is I'm not ready for shit.
Today Mary took a turn for the worse, before Hospice was talking months, now it's hours or days and that sucks. It really caught us off guard. So today was spent calling all the family and our kids to tell them if they were planning on coming to see Mary in the next month or two it had better be in the next few days. The hardest part of the day was telling two of my grandchildren who live with us (5 & 8) that Nana's leaving soon needless to say they didn't take it well. Hospice is going to arrange for them to see a grief counselor for as long as they need to and there's a summer camp called camp carousel which they can go to to help them adjust to Nana being gone.
I thought I was ready for this, when we still had time. To slowly get used to the idea of her not being here, to get the kids and grandkids ready so it wouldn't be so hard on them. But what today has made me realize is I'm not ready for shit.
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