This month started with quite the scare on my end. I was talking to the head nurse at mom's assisted living place, and she said "the only thing keeping her from qualifying from hospice care is the fact that she has not lost weight." I was not sure how to process that. I asked her for more of what she meant by that and she said that mom has severely lost several abilities really quickly: feeding herself...she can eat, but feeding herself rarely if ever happens, she's losing the ability to walk. So, that kind of freaked me out quite a bit.
Found out later that it's not hospice how I typically think of hospice but rather a medicare benefit that gets her more care that typically occurs that last 6 months to 12 months of the disease. Not a good thing by any means....but not as bad as I originally thought. But still...processing all of that has been quite hard this month.
We are planning a luncheon party for mom. I got the invitations in the mail yesterday...they look really good...excited about getting those addressed and stuffed this weekend, so they can get out early next week.
Really that is all...it's been another difficult month...but I'm excited about planning her party and throwing her a little celebration.
