I'm so sorry to hear this, Ken.  But I'm glad she's being taken care of by
Hospice; both of my parents were Hospice patients and I can tell you the
care was wonderful.  I do believe their deaths were much easier than if
they'd been at hospital.

You and your family are in my thoughts.

Kat


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>    well, i went to see betty, my younger sister,
> this past weekend. in the 1
> month since i had seen her, she had went down
> drastically. she did not get
> out of bed at all while we visited.
>     tonight i talked to my older sister ,trisha. she
> said betty went to her
> doctor and the doctor told her that the chemo was
> not slowing the cancer at
> all and that she was discontining giving it to her.
> she will set up hospice
> care for betty. she wrote more stronger meds for
> pain.
>    trisha said probably april or may at the latest
> would probably be it.  it
> is hard seeing her in so much pain.
>


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