Sister was hospitalized a few days ago for pressure in her brain caused by a growing inoperable cancerous tumor...her condition is terminal and our family had to make a gut wrenching decision Thursday night to let nature take its course, rather than to try some risky pressure relief surgical procedures along with experimental chemotherapy which didn't have promising results in limited trials and had a slew of negative side effects. I was able to communicate with her with some effort and she seemed to acknowledge and approve our decision. My daughter was there, holding her hand, crying. My sister caressed my daughter's hand, as if to comfort her and say, "it's OK".
Sister has returned to her residential care facility, in hospice care. I'm glad that Kaiser worked with us to approve that move. It has been her home for most of the year and she has a good bond with the caregivers there. The director called to say how happy she was when she got home and saw her friends again...much more comfortable there than to die at the hospital or at a strange skilled nursing facility.
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