Last night's trauma...

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone!!

Glenn is getting weaker, even though he is eating fairly well. About 3:30

a.m. this morning, he was attempting to go to the bathroom (diarrhea, of

course) and fell forward as he was sitting down. I struggled with him for

almost

1/2 hour (he's 6'4 " tall) and then went in and awakened my girlfriend, who is

here for the week to visit and stay with Glenn on the days that I work. (I

took off today, b/c I've been up since 3:30 a.m. and didn't think I'd function

too well at work, plus was too afraid to leave Glenn) I won't even go in to

the mess I had to clean up in addition to Glenn. The two of us could not

even budge Glenn towards getting him up; he was just dead weight; sort of

disoriented and just too weak to even help us get him up. We finally got a

doubled sheet underneath him and dragged him into the bedroom on the carpet and

put

pillows under his head and covered him with blankets. Then I called 911 and

they came and 4 young hefty men picked him up, using our " sheet stretcher "

and put him on the bed. This disease called CANCER leaves one with NO

DIGNITY!!! It is just sooooo horrifyingly sad and scary!!

He is complaining of his hip hurting, but it's not broken, as he has walked

with our help this morning to the bathroom, etc. I think he'll probably

notice more aches and pains from bruising, as the day goes on. I've spoken to

our Hospice Nurse and she is ordering a walker, which he refused before, but I

think now he'll use it!! He better or I will hire a nurse and he will pay

for it!!! LOL Sound tough, don't I??

Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

Caregiver to Glenn

[Guest guest]

Donelle,

I have a lot of pain meds in me from different things

and sometimes they seem to gang up and all cut in at

once. There is no pain for that time but there is now

feeling or coordination either. I would say Glenn is

getting too many pain meds and you might just start

droping some of them. It is sometimes good to hurt a

little bit to keep life back in your life. It's nice

to know you can shut it off with those little green

pills if you need to.

Take care.

Len cc4

--- Grandmommyandme@... wrote:

---------------------------------

Hi everyone!!

Glenn is getting weaker, even though he is eating

fairly well. About 3:30

a.m. this morning, he was attempting to go to the

bathroom (diarrhea, of

course) and fell forward as he was sitting down. I

struggled with him for almost

1/2 hour (he's 6'4 " tall) and then went in and

awakened my girlfriend, who is

here for the week to visit and stay with Glenn on the

days that I work. (I

took off today, b/c I've been up since 3:30 a.m. and

didn't think I'd function

too well at work, plus was too afraid to leave Glenn)

I won't even go in to

the mess I had to clean up in addition to Glenn. The

two of us could not

even budge Glenn towards getting him up; he was just

dead weight; sort of

disoriented and just too weak to even help us get him

up. We finally got a

doubled sheet underneath him and dragged him into the

bedroom on the carpet and put

pillows under his head and covered him with blankets.

Then I called 911 and

they came and 4 young hefty men picked him up, using

our " sheet stretcher "

and put him on the bed. This disease called CANCER

leaves one with NO

DIGNITY!!! It is just sooooo horrifyingly sad and

scary!!

He is complaining of his hip hurting, but it's not

broken, as he has walked

with our help this morning to the bathroom, etc. I

think he'll probably

notice more aches and pains from bruising, as the day

goes on. I've spoken to

our Hospice Nurse and she is ordering a walker, which

he refused before, but I

think now he'll use it!! He better or I will hire a

nurse and he will pay

for it!!! LOL Sound tough, don't I??

Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

Caregiver to Glenn

[Guest guest]

I am sorry you have had such a session last night Donelle. You are

right that it is impossible to hang onto the dignity in some

circumstances. Speaking as an ex-nurse I can visualise the scenes

only too well. I hope that Glenn will feel able to use the walking

frame as it must be a huge worry to you otherwise. Is it insulting

of me to suggest a commode? I think I can hear Glenn's response from

here........

Hope things are better tonight and that his strength picks up, that

diarrhoea must be so debilitating.

Warmest,

Fran

>

> Hi everyone!!

>

>

> Glenn is getting weaker, even though he is eating fairly well.

About 3:30

> a.m. this morning, he was attempting to go to the bathroom

(diarrhea, of

> course) and fell forward as he was sitting down. I struggled with

him for almost

> 1/2 hour (he's 6'4 " tall) and then went in and awakened my

girlfriend, who is

> here for the week to visit and stay with Glenn on the days that I

work. (I

> took off today, b/c I've been up since 3:30 a.m. and didn't think

I'd function

> too well at work, plus was too afraid to leave Glenn) I won't

even go in to

> the mess I had to clean up in addition to Glenn. The two of us

could not

> even budge Glenn towards getting him up; he was just dead weight;

sort of

> disoriented and just too weak to even help us get him up. We

finally got a

> doubled sheet underneath him and dragged him into the bedroom on

the carpet and put

> pillows under his head and covered him with blankets. Then I

called 911 and

> they came and 4 young hefty men picked him up, using our " sheet

stretcher "

> and put him on the bed. This disease called CANCER leaves one

with NO

> DIGNITY!!! It is just sooooo horrifyingly sad and scary!!

>

> He is complaining of his hip hurting, but it's not broken, as he

has walked

> with our help this morning to the bathroom, etc. I think he'll

probably

> notice more aches and pains from bruising, as the day goes on.

I've spoken to

> our Hospice Nurse and she is ordering a walker, which he refused

before, but I

> think now he'll use it!! He better or I will hire a nurse and he

will pay

> for it!!! LOL Sound tough, don't I??

>

>

> Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

> Caregiver to Glenn

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Donelle,

Thanks for the update on Glenn. I know how difficult this must be for you.

My dad had the same problem and he didn't have cancer, just dementia and

diabetes. It turned out he had some serious heart problems too, but nobody's

sure when that all started. My mom had to call fire rescue several times to get

him up off the floor. He was weak and he'd just miss the chair completely, or

not get far enough and hit the arm and fall on the floor. It was pretty bad

there toward the end.

Twice he fell and hit his head, split it open on the stationary bike and had

to have stitches in almost exactly the same place on his forehead. I know the

hospital was beginning to think my mom must be abusing him. Then the ceiling

fell in on top of him (literally) and when they found the plaster and stuff in

his shirt pocket, they believed her about what happened...lol. That's an

interesting story. I also know what it's like to try to get the dead weight up

off the floor. He was also 6'4 " and even though he'd lost a lot of weight, my

mom and I still couldn't do it a couple times.

I'm so sorry all this is going on with you too. I can only keep you both in

my prayers and let you know I'm thinking of you a lot. Wish I could be there to

help you, but I'm there in spirit, if not in body.

Grandmommyandme@... wrote:

Hi everyone!!

Glenn is getting weaker, even though he is eating fairly well. About 3:30

a.m. this morning, he was attempting to go to the bathroom (diarrhea, of

course) and fell forward as he was sitting down. I struggled with him for

almost

1/2 hour (he's 6'4 " tall) and then went in and awakened my girlfriend, who is

here for the week to visit and stay with Glenn on the days that I work. (I

took off today, b/c I've been up since 3:30 a.m. and didn't think I'd function

too well at work, plus was too afraid to leave Glenn) I won't even go in to

the mess I had to clean up in addition to Glenn. The two of us could not

even budge Glenn towards getting him up; he was just dead weight; sort of

disoriented and just too weak to even help us get him up. We finally got a

doubled sheet underneath him and dragged him into the bedroom on the carpet and

put

pillows under his head and covered him with blankets. Then I called 911 and

they came and 4 young hefty men picked him up, using our " sheet stretcher "

and put him on the bed. This disease called CANCER leaves one with NO

DIGNITY!!! It is just sooooo horrifyingly sad and scary!!

He is complaining of his hip hurting, but it's not broken, as he has walked

with our help this morning to the bathroom, etc. I think he'll probably

notice more aches and pains from bruising, as the day goes on. I've spoken to

our Hospice Nurse and she is ordering a walker, which he refused before, but I

think now he'll use it!! He better or I will hire a nurse and he will pay

for it!!! LOL Sound tough, don't I??

Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

Caregiver to Glenn

[Guest guest]

Donelle,

Think of you and Glenn everyday. I pray you keep your strength up to get

thru this. I am so happy that you have a friend there that you can scream to

rather than just us....at least you can hear her scream back!

We love you! donna

Grandmommyandme@... wrote:

Hi everyone!!

Glenn is getting weaker, even though he is eating fairly well. About 3:30

a.m. this morning, he was attempting to go to the bathroom (diarrhea, of

course) and fell forward as he was sitting down. I struggled with him for

almost

1/2 hour (he's 6'4 " tall) and then went in and awakened my girlfriend, who is

here for the week to visit and stay with Glenn on the days that I work. (I

took off today, b/c I've been up since 3:30 a.m. and didn't think I'd function

too well at work, plus was too afraid to leave Glenn) I won't even go in to

the mess I had to clean up in addition to Glenn. The two of us could not

even budge Glenn towards getting him up; he was just dead weight; sort of

disoriented and just too weak to even help us get him up. We finally got a

doubled sheet underneath him and dragged him into the bedroom on the carpet and

put

pillows under his head and covered him with blankets. Then I called 911 and

they came and 4 young hefty men picked him up, using our " sheet stretcher "

and put him on the bed. This disease called CANCER leaves one with NO

DIGNITY!!! It is just sooooo horrifyingly sad and scary!!

He is complaining of his hip hurting, but it's not broken, as he has walked

with our help this morning to the bathroom, etc. I think he'll probably

notice more aches and pains from bruising, as the day goes on. I've spoken to

our Hospice Nurse and she is ordering a walker, which he refused before, but I

think now he'll use it!! He better or I will hire a nurse and he will pay

for it!!! LOL Sound tough, don't I??

Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

Caregiver to Glenn

[Guest guest]

Oh my goodness. Donelle, is good your girlfriend was there to at least help

you get him to bedroom. Well you might want someone to still check out his

hip, it could be cracked. Richie fell in one of his woozy moments - not

sure where he fell anymore, outside or in the house. But later they said he

broke his hip. But that is same side where cancer was gnawing on his leg

bone anyway, so it was hard for him to walk as it was. As hard as it was for

him to walk, I would get up at night, and bed would be empty - and I would

catch him walking around doing something. One day - I think I went to store

an came home, he complained of not feeling well, well I found that he had

stuck 4 or 5 nitro patches on his chest and back. Scared the crap out of

me.. Think I call ambulance but maybe not just had help me get him to

car so I took him to emergency. I hated to take him to emergency for his

cancer because they would inevitably send him to San since that is

where is ONC was. My Onc nurse Mildred said ifyou go to emergency make sure

you call me because they will send you to San cause they don't know

anything. I thought it so strange that ER people have no idea what goes on

in the rest of the hospital?????? Jolene

Last night's trauma...

Hi everyone!!

Glenn is getting weaker, even though he is eating fairly well. About 3:30

a.m. this morning, he was attempting to go to the bathroom (diarrhea, of

course) and fell forward as he was sitting down. I struggled with him for

almost

1/2 hour (he's 6'4 " tall) and then went in and awakened my girlfriend, who

is

here for the week to visit and stay with Glenn on the days that I work. (I

took off today, b/c I've been up since 3:30 a.m. and didn't think I'd

function

too well at work, plus was too afraid to leave Glenn) I won't even go in

to

the mess I had to clean up in addition to Glenn. The two of us could not

even budge Glenn towards getting him up; he was just dead weight; sort of

disoriented and just too weak to even help us get him up. We finally got a

doubled sheet underneath him and dragged him into the bedroom on the carpet

and put

pillows under his head and covered him with blankets. Then I called 911

and

they came and 4 young hefty men picked him up, using our " sheet stretcher "

and put him on the bed. This disease called CANCER leaves one with NO

DIGNITY!!! It is just sooooo horrifyingly sad and scary!!

He is complaining of his hip hurting, but it's not broken, as he has walked

with our help this morning to the bathroom, etc. I think he'll probably

notice more aches and pains from bruising, as the day goes on. I've

spoken to

our Hospice Nurse and she is ordering a walker, which he refused before,

but I

think now he'll use it!! He better or I will hire a nurse and he will pay

for it!!! LOL Sound tough, don't I??

Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

Caregiver to Glenn

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/8/2005 7:41:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,

lowenco@... writes:

Donelle, My heart goes out to you. Poor Glenn!!!! I cannot begin to

imagine how frightened you must of been not knowing what to do. I am

glad that you did get it all managed.

I am sure Glenn will be feeling the soreness from the fall. I am

Praying so hard for you and Glenn. Love, Ingrid

I was scared at first, of course; but then it became traumatic tactics of

trial and error. When we finally got the sheet under him and slid him to the

carpeted bedroom and gave him a pillow and blanket, I felt much better!!

Tonight, I am also feeling pain in my lower back and neck...guess I strained

them, but Motrin does the trick. Oy Vay!!! LOL Thanks for continuing

prayers!!

Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

Caregiver to Glenn

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/8/2005 12:29:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,

hlen@... writes:

Donelle,

I have a lot of pain meds in me from different things

and sometimes they seem to gang up and all cut in at

once. There is no pain for that time but there is now

feeling or coordination either. I would say Glenn is

getting too many pain meds and you might just start

droping some of them. It is sometimes good to hurt a

little bit to keep life back in your life. It's nice

to know you can shut it off with those little green

pills if you need to.

Take care.

Len cc4

I don't think so, Len....all he has is the 25 mcg. pain patch. He's not

taking any other pain meds. Do you think the pain patch would cause the fall??

I would put him to bed before I'd take the pain patch away, tho. This man

has suffered daily day and night with the infiltration of the chemo into the

chest area pain, then the Ascites pain for months, then the esophogeal

bleeding pain, and on and on for the last 14 months. Now the only " pain " he

has is

when he is having tummy cramps prior to diarrhea. His b/p is way

low....mid 70's over 45-52...and he's lightheaded sometimes. He's just so very

weak... at times he can barely talk. I'm sure it won't be long before he needs

someone here all the time.

Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

Caregiver to Glenn

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/8/2005 7:51:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,

lowenco@... writes:

Donelle, I am wondering if Len may have something here. It is

possible. Love, Ingrid

You're right, Ingrid, with this disease, anything is possible!!

Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

Caregiver to Glenn

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/8/2005 1:44:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,

wilkinsondjm@... writes:

Donelle,

Think of you and Glenn everyday. I pray you keep your strength up to get

thru this. I am so happy that you have a friend there that you can scream to

rather than just us....at least you can hear her scream back!

We love you! donna

Thanks, Donna....mmmwah!! Arlene has been here since Monday and will leave

tomorrow..., IF she doesn't get snowed in ....we are expecting snow to start

about 1 a.m. tonight and continue until about noon tomorrow...depending on

which station you listen to, 2-6 inches. Not looking forward to the trip to

the airport... then Glenn's sister is coming Sat. a.m. and leaving Sun.

afternoon, so 2 more trips to the airport!!!

Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

Caregiver to Glenn

[Guest guest]

Donelle, My heart goes out to you. Poor Glenn!!!! I cannot begin to

imagine how frightened you must of been not knowing what to do. I am

glad that you did get it all managed.

I am sure Glenn will be feeling the soreness from the fall. I am

Praying so hard for you and Glenn. Love, Ingrid

>

> Hi everyone!!

>

>

> Glenn is getting weaker, even though he is eating fairly well.

About 3:30

> a.m. this morning, he was attempting to go to the bathroom

(diarrhea, of

> course) and fell forward as he was sitting down. I struggled with

him for almost

> 1/2 hour (he's 6'4 " tall) and then went in and awakened my

girlfriend, who is

> here for the week to visit and stay with Glenn on the days that I

work. (I

> took off today, b/c I've been up since 3:30 a.m. and didn't think

I'd function

> too well at work, plus was too afraid to leave Glenn) I won't

even go in to

> the mess I had to clean up in addition to Glenn. The two of us

could not

> even budge Glenn towards getting him up; he was just dead weight;

sort of

> disoriented and just too weak to even help us get him up. We

finally got a

> doubled sheet underneath him and dragged him into the bedroom on

the carpet and put

> pillows under his head and covered him with blankets. Then I

called 911 and

> they came and 4 young hefty men picked him up, using our " sheet

stretcher "

> and put him on the bed. This disease called CANCER leaves one

with NO

> DIGNITY!!! It is just sooooo horrifyingly sad and scary!!

>

> He is complaining of his hip hurting, but it's not broken, as he

has walked

> with our help this morning to the bathroom, etc. I think he'll

probably

> notice more aches and pains from bruising, as the day goes on.

I've spoken to

> our Hospice Nurse and she is ordering a walker, which he refused

before, but I

> think now he'll use it!! He better or I will hire a nurse and he

will pay

> for it!!! LOL Sound tough, don't I??

>

>

> Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

> Caregiver to Glenn

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Donelle, I am wondering if Len may have something here. It is

possible. Love, Ingrid

>

>

> ---------------------------------

> Hi everyone!!

>

>

> Glenn is getting weaker, even though he is eating

> fairly well. About 3:30

> a.m. this morning, he was attempting to go to the

> bathroom (diarrhea, of

> course) and fell forward as he was sitting down. I

> struggled with him for almost

> 1/2 hour (he's 6'4 " tall) and then went in and

> awakened my girlfriend, who is

> here for the week to visit and stay with Glenn on the

> days that I work. (I

> took off today, b/c I've been up since 3:30 a.m. and

> didn't think I'd function

> too well at work, plus was too afraid to leave Glenn)

> I won't even go in to

> the mess I had to clean up in addition to Glenn. The

> two of us could not

> even budge Glenn towards getting him up; he was just

> dead weight; sort of

> disoriented and just too weak to even help us get him

> up. We finally got a

> doubled sheet underneath him and dragged him into the

> bedroom on the carpet and put

> pillows under his head and covered him with blankets.

> Then I called 911 and

> they came and 4 young hefty men picked him up, using

> our " sheet stretcher "

> and put him on the bed. This disease called CANCER

> leaves one with NO

> DIGNITY!!! It is just sooooo horrifyingly sad and

> scary!!

>

> He is complaining of his hip hurting, but it's not

> broken, as he has walked

> with our help this morning to the bathroom, etc. I

> think he'll probably

> notice more aches and pains from bruising, as the day

> goes on. I've spoken to

> our Hospice Nurse and she is ordering a walker, which

> he refused before, but I

> think now he'll use it!! He better or I will hire a

> nurse and he will pay

> for it!!! LOL Sound tough, don't I??

>

>

> Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

> Caregiver to Glenn

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Donelle,

What a way to wake up, for both of you. It sounds like Glenn is lucky to have

not broken anything. He is also lucky for having you. As you are telling all of

us the process you both are going through right now, it lets us know how much

you love Glenn. If I was faced with the same situation (and I might be soon) I

would only pray that I could be a strong as you are.

I pray for you and Glenn everyday and hope you find some days of happiness.

Pat

Grandmommyandme@... wrote:

Hi everyone!!

Glenn is getting weaker, even though he is eating fairly well. About 3:30

a.m. this morning, he was attempting to go to the bathroom (diarrhea, of

course) and fell forward as he was sitting down. I struggled with him for

almost

1/2 hour (he's 6'4 " tall) and then went in and awakened my girlfriend, who is

here for the week to visit and stay with Glenn on the days that I work. (I

took off today, b/c I've been up since 3:30 a.m. and didn't think I'd function

too well at work, plus was too afraid to leave Glenn) I won't even go in to

the mess I had to clean up in addition to Glenn. The two of us could not

even budge Glenn towards getting him up; he was just dead weight; sort of

disoriented and just too weak to even help us get him up. We finally got a

doubled sheet underneath him and dragged him into the bedroom on the carpet and

put

pillows under his head and covered him with blankets. Then I called 911 and

they came and 4 young hefty men picked him up, using our " sheet stretcher "

and put him on the bed. This disease called CANCER leaves one with NO

DIGNITY!!! It is just sooooo horrifyingly sad and scary!!

He is complaining of his hip hurting, but it's not broken, as he has walked

with our help this morning to the bathroom, etc. I think he'll probably

notice more aches and pains from bruising, as the day goes on. I've spoken to

our Hospice Nurse and she is ordering a walker, which he refused before, but I

think now he'll use it!! He better or I will hire a nurse and he will pay

for it!!! LOL Sound tough, don't I??

Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

Caregiver to Glenn

[Guest guest]

Jolene, It sounds like you sure have had some bad times too. Bless

You for being such a strong person. Love, Ingrid

>

> Oh my goodness. Donelle, is good your girlfriend was there to at

least help

> you get him to bedroom. Well you might want someone to still check

out his

> hip, it could be cracked. Richie fell in one of his woozy moments -

not

> sure where he fell anymore, outside or in the house. But later they

said he

> broke his hip. But that is same side where cancer was gnawing on

his leg

> bone anyway, so it was hard for him to walk as it was. As hard as

it was for

> him to walk, I would get up at night, and bed would be empty - and

I would

> catch him walking around doing something. One day - I think I went

to store

> an came home, he complained of not feeling well, well I found that

he had

> stuck 4 or 5 nitro patches on his chest and back. Scared the crap

out of

> me.. Think I call ambulance but maybe not just had help me get

him to

> car so I took him to emergency. I hated to take him to emergency

for his

> cancer because they would inevitably send him to San

since that is

> where is ONC was. My Onc nurse Mildred said ifyou go to emergency

make sure

> you call me because they will send you to San cause they

don't know

> anything. I thought it so strange that ER people have no idea what

goes on

> in the rest of the hospital?????? Jolene

>

>

>

> Last night's trauma...

>

>

>

> Hi everyone!!

>

>

> Glenn is getting weaker, even though he is eating fairly well.

About 3:30

> a.m. this morning, he was attempting to go to the bathroom

(diarrhea, of

> course) and fell forward as he was sitting down. I struggled with

him for

> almost

> 1/2 hour (he's 6'4 " tall) and then went in and awakened my

girlfriend, who

> is

> here for the week to visit and stay with Glenn on the days that I

work. (I

>

> took off today, b/c I've been up since 3:30 a.m. and didn't think

I'd

> function

> too well at work, plus was too afraid to leave Glenn) I won't

even go in

> to

> the mess I had to clean up in addition to Glenn. The two of us

could not

> even budge Glenn towards getting him up; he was just dead weight;

sort of

> disoriented and just too weak to even help us get him up. We

finally got a

>

> doubled sheet underneath him and dragged him into the bedroom on

the carpet

> and put

> pillows under his head and covered him with blankets. Then I

called 911

> and

> they came and 4 young hefty men picked him up, using our " sheet

stretcher "

> and put him on the bed. This disease called CANCER leaves one

with NO

> DIGNITY!!! It is just sooooo horrifyingly sad and scary!!

>

> He is complaining of his hip hurting, but it's not broken, as he

has walked

>

> with our help this morning to the bathroom, etc. I think he'll

probably

> notice more aches and pains from bruising, as the day goes on.

I've

> spoken to

> our Hospice Nurse and she is ordering a walker, which he refused

before,

> but I

> think now he'll use it!! He better or I will hire a nurse and he

will pay

> for it!!! LOL Sound tough, don't I??

>

>

> Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

> Caregiver to Glenn

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Donelle, I sure hope you don't get the snow we got. I think it is

about eight inches. I went to barn to check on horses. Snow is half

way up to my knee. Husband is at work about an hour away. I have

talked to him and trying to get him to stay there for the night. He

is supposed to be home about 1 a.m. normal driving conditions. Too

many open corn fields and its drifting over the highways. Oh, how I

wish he would stay there and not take the chances of making the 35

mile drive home. Love, Ingrid

>

>

>

> In a message dated 12/8/2005 1:44:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> wilkinsondjm@y... writes:

>

> Donelle,

>

> Think of you and Glenn everyday. I pray you keep your strength

up to get

> thru this. I am so happy that you have a friend there that you

can scream to

> rather than just us....at least you can hear her scream back!

> We love you! donna

>

>

>

> Thanks, Donna....mmmwah!! Arlene has been here since Monday and

will leave

> tomorrow..., IF she doesn't get snowed in ....we are expecting

snow to start

> about 1 a.m. tonight and continue until about noon

tomorrow...depending on

> which station you listen to, 2-6 inches. Not looking forward to

the trip to

> the airport... then Glenn's sister is coming Sat. a.m. and leaving

Sun.

> afternoon, so 2 more trips to the airport!!!

>

> Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

> Caregiver to Glenn

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh goodness Ingrid am sure you will not rest until your hubby gets home. Was

so glad that son stayed at the truck stop last night. He always comes

home the back way and that road is so curvy and hilly. and little part is

near the dam.. Have visions of him going off the road and into the water.

Took him nearly hour to get home this morning. He is off until tomorrow.

Though someone called him earlier and probably wanted him to work for them.

Are a couple people that forever calling him to work. They just can't get

decent help to work there. Take care and hope your hubby gets home okay.

Jolene

Re: Last night's trauma...

Donelle, I sure hope you don't get the snow we got. I think it is

about eight inches. I went to barn to check on horses. Snow is half

way up to my knee. Husband is at work about an hour away. I have

talked to him and trying to get him to stay there for the night. He

is supposed to be home about 1 a.m. normal driving conditions. Too

many open corn fields and its drifting over the highways. Oh, how I

wish he would stay there and not take the chances of making the 35

mile drive home. Love, Ingrid

>

>

>

> In a message dated 12/8/2005 1:44:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> wilkinsondjm@y... writes:

>

> Donelle,

>

> Think of you and Glenn everyday. I pray you keep your strength

up to get

> thru this. I am so happy that you have a friend there that you

can scream to

> rather than just us....at least you can hear her scream back!

> We love you! donna

>

>

>

> Thanks, Donna....mmmwah!! Arlene has been here since Monday and

will leave

> tomorrow..., IF she doesn't get snowed in ....we are expecting

snow to start

> about 1 a.m. tonight and continue until about noon

tomorrow...depending on

> which station you listen to, 2-6 inches. Not looking forward to

the trip to

> the airport... then Glenn's sister is coming Sat. a.m. and leaving

Sun.

> afternoon, so 2 more trips to the airport!!!

>

> Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

> Caregiver to Glenn

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Jolene. Love, Ingrid

> >

> >

> >

> > In a message dated 12/8/2005 1:44:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> > wilkinsondjm@y... writes:

> >

> > Donelle,

> >

> > Think of you and Glenn everyday. I pray you keep your strength

> up to get

> > thru this. I am so happy that you have a friend there that you

> can scream to

> > rather than just us....at least you can hear her scream back!

> > We love you! donna

> >

> >

> >

> > Thanks, Donna....mmmwah!! Arlene has been here since Monday and

> will leave

> > tomorrow..., IF she doesn't get snowed in ....we are expecting

> snow to start

> > about 1 a.m. tonight and continue until about noon

> tomorrow...depending on

> > which station you listen to, 2-6 inches. Not looking forward to

> the trip to

> > the airport... then Glenn's sister is coming Sat. a.m. and

leaving

> Sun.

> > afternoon, so 2 more trips to the airport!!!

> >

> > Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

> > Caregiver to Glenn

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Donelle,

You poor thing,Went thru this with my mother also,but she would get

impacted, could not have a bowl movement, we would have to call

hospice to come remove it.It is so heart breaking to watch a loved

one go thru this.My mom passed during our worst hurricane here.We had

no electric for 5-6 days. (thank god for portable oxygen tanks)You

need all the help and strength you can get.Wish I could send you some.

.....Sue

>

> Hi everyone!!

>

>

> Glenn is getting weaker, even though he is eating fairly well.

About 3:30

> a.m. this morning, he was attempting to go to the bathroom

(diarrhea, of

> course) and fell forward as he was sitting down. I struggled with

him for almost

> 1/2 hour (he's 6'4 " tall) and then went in and awakened my

girlfriend, who is

> here for the week to visit and stay with Glenn on the days that I

work. (I

> took off today, b/c I've been up since 3:30 a.m. and didn't think

I'd function

> too well at work, plus was too afraid to leave Glenn) I won't

even go in to

> the mess I had to clean up in addition to Glenn. The two of us

could not

> even budge Glenn towards getting him up; he was just dead weight;

sort of

> disoriented and just too weak to even help us get him up. We

finally got a

> doubled sheet underneath him and dragged him into the bedroom on

the carpet and put

> pillows under his head and covered him with blankets. Then I

called 911 and

> they came and 4 young hefty men picked him up, using our " sheet

stretcher "

> and put him on the bed. This disease called CANCER leaves one

with NO

> DIGNITY!!! It is just sooooo horrifyingly sad and scary!!

>

> He is complaining of his hip hurting, but it's not broken, as he

has walked

> with our help this morning to the bathroom, etc. I think he'll

probably

> notice more aches and pains from bruising, as the day goes on.

I've spoken to

> our Hospice Nurse and she is ordering a walker, which he refused

before, but I

> think now he'll use it!! He better or I will hire a nurse and he

will pay

> for it!!! LOL Sound tough, don't I??

>

>

> Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

> Caregiver to Glenn

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 12/9/2005 10:12:53 AM Eastern Standard Time,

tarcav23@... writes:

Donelle,

I'm so sorry that you or anyone has to go through this. My mother

could not get up by herself either and was too heavy for me or even

for me and Dad. We had to call my brother or my nephew to come when

she needed to get up. When Mom could no longer get up and down, I

believe she just decided to die. She could not bear being

a " burden " . Of course, she was not a burden, and I would gladly

have cleaned up messes or anything else to have kept her.

I keep you in my prayers.

Sharon

Dear Sharon...

I certainly understand that...and agree totally...thanks for your prayers.

Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

Caregiver to Glenn

[Guest guest]

Donelle,

I'm so sorry that you or anyone has to go through this. My mother

could not get up by herself either and was too heavy for me or even

for me and Dad. We had to call my brother or my nephew to come when

she needed to get up. When Mom could no longer get up and down, I

believe she just decided to die. She could not bear being

a " burden " . Of course, she was not a burden, and I would gladly

have cleaned up messes or anything else to have kept her.

I keep you in my prayers.

Sharon

>

> Hi everyone!!

>

>

> Glenn is getting weaker, even though he is eating fairly well.

About 3:30

> a.m. this morning, he was attempting to go to the bathroom

(diarrhea, of

> course) and fell forward as he was sitting down. I struggled with

him for almost

> 1/2 hour (he's 6'4 " tall) and then went in and awakened my

girlfriend, who is

> here for the week to visit and stay with Glenn on the days that I

work. (I

> took off today, b/c I've been up since 3:30 a.m. and didn't think

I'd function

> too well at work, plus was too afraid to leave Glenn) I won't

even go in to

> the mess I had to clean up in addition to Glenn. The two of us

could not

> even budge Glenn towards getting him up; he was just dead weight;

sort of

> disoriented and just too weak to even help us get him up. We

finally got a

> doubled sheet underneath him and dragged him into the bedroom on

the carpet and put

> pillows under his head and covered him with blankets. Then I

called 911 and

> they came and 4 young hefty men picked him up, using our " sheet

stretcher "

> and put him on the bed. This disease called CANCER leaves one

with NO

> DIGNITY!!! It is just sooooo horrifyingly sad and scary!!

>

> He is complaining of his hip hurting, but it's not broken, as he

has walked

> with our help this morning to the bathroom, etc. I think he'll

probably

> notice more aches and pains from bruising, as the day goes on.

I've spoken to

> our Hospice Nurse and she is ordering a walker, which he refused

before, but I

> think now he'll use it!! He better or I will hire a nurse and he

will pay

> for it!!! LOL Sound tough, don't I??

>

>

> Lots of hugs and prayers, Donelle

> Caregiver to Glenn

>

>

>