We have been receiving weekly visits from a hospice nurse for about 7 weeks now. This is working out well for Kenny. Our primary nurse can be seen below as she was getting a blood pressure reading. She’s been great. She checks all vitals, makes an assessment, and orders any needed supplies. Nursing visits will increase on a needed basis. A few weeks ago we received a hospital bed to help with comfort.
Ken’s vitals are all still good. He’s still walking 5-6x per day. He’s eating good and sleeping good too. The incision site from surgery is healing up quite nicely and Ken has gotten more comfortable with living with and caring for the colostomy. He takes extended release morphine in the A.M.and P.M. and takes another morphine-type drug for break-through pain. This gives him very good pain management.
The garden that that we started in March is growing and will soon be ready for more plantings as the danger of frost is nearly past. Kenny is looking forward to tasting those home-grown vegetables. He eats a lot of vegetables and fruits these days. Some meats have gotten too difficult to digest. Salads are now his favorite.
Well, that’s all for now……thanks for reading our updates!
