What a Relief

Removing uncertainty has already improved our lives.  Dave woke up Friday morning refreshed because for the first time in over a week he did not have to do something medical.  His face no longer reflected the stress.  Saturday he called a friend to go to breakfast, his favorite meal.  Ending with the library he had a good morning getting home in time for a nap. 

Meanwhile I was watching two of the days 4 soccer games.  This week they were very close and in places I had been before.  Some weeks are in places that I have never heard about.  You would think that by now with 3 kids playing we would have been to most of the places the league plays. 

Wednesday we met with the social worker and head nurse from hospice.  Really nice people and they take care of everything.  There were a few forms Dave had to sign so they could handle all routine things.  Next week we should meet his nurse.  It is so nice that all prescription will be handled along with any other needs.  No more trying to get a doctor to call back. 

There were a few questions I found interesting.  One was, “are there any relatives that they are not to release information to”?  Another was about the health care directive.  Did everybody agree? I can only image the situations that can develop when a family disagrees with each other.  Situations like that must really make a hard job harder. 

 Some of the questions were getting to know you questions.  Had to laugh when they were asking about family, and we talked about grandsons.  The social worker, Anne, was sitting where she could see some pictures.  Her comment was, “I am seeing some girls too”.  Todd explained his 2 oldest boys don't cut their hair.  I think they asked the kind of questions to really get to know us in a short period of time.  Of course that included talking about the 6 years we had spent half the year on the boat.  Not only did it shape us into the people we are today, but we also know that we took the opportunity and took that step to do something most people only talk about.  It is a good thing there were no medical appointments this week because we were busy.  It is nice to be able to choose where time and energy are spent.