I am very lucky that I have a job that I can work at while we are in Pennsylvania. I can be with my family AND keep up with my work responsibilities.
And work helps keep my mind busy. Very necessary.
We’ve been told Henry has a week left (which would sound about right based on the month the hospice nurses gave him over three weeks ago). He is still eating and whatnot, so it’s hard to tell exactly when it’s going to happen. That said, I believe my Dad was eating right up until the day before he passed. If I remember correctly, the first stage is that the patient stops eating and then the patient will stop voiding (pee and poop). Dad had a nice bowel movement the day before he died. So it could be that fast for Henry.
Henry wants things. Impossible things, I suppose he imagined seeing commercials for the bargain pizzas at Pizza Hut (2 for $1!). He wants Edmund to get these things for him. Right now.
The perspective piece is that Henry is not mean, even when he isn’t getting what he wants. He is extremely persistent, stubborn and single-minded. But mostly he just wants to get out of bed and to eat cheap pizza. Immediately. And get him a footstool, would you?
We have another person blogging about Henry, Ed’s sister, Melinda. Last Friday, she blogged about Henry and what was happening with him. She’s a great writer, and I recommend her blog. And here she goes into detail of Henry’s illness from the start (in 2008) and what has happened since then, answering the question: how did we get here.
Now back to work.
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