[Magdalen] Hospice update

[Ginga Wilder]

Jon, thank you for this update.  You and Dawn continue daily in my prayers.

Love and peace,
Ginga

On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello to all of you folks!
>
> There are no words for how well hospice is taking care of me other than gr
> ​a​
> ce upon grace.  RN and bath aide come twice a week.  Social worker and
> chaplain
> ​also visit weekly.  all of my meds are on their list so I won't have any
> out of pocket costs for as long as I am in their care.  My meds are
> delivered, also.​  I now have a DPOA (Dawn first, Philip second) and a
> lovely salmon colored paper ​DNR on my fridge door.  There is a bag of
> emergency meds in my fridge which the nurse counts every week.
>
> We are still tweaking pain meds.  The 25 mg oral tramadol is not cutting it
> anymore, so the doc changed that to 50 mg every four hours, and hopefully
> the oxycontin to cover the tramadol will be here in the morning.  I am
> sleeping well for the first time in a long time and my main problem is
> boredom.  Luckily I have lots of books on my nook.
>
> I will not let myself drive anymore.  Three near accidents has taught me
> that lesson.  My mind also wanders a lot and for some reason I'm incapable
> of making common right turns.  I'm selling it to one of our best friends
> who no longer has a vehicle.  She was over earlier to pick it up.  I'll
> sign over the title to her (when I can find it) after the new year.  She's
> willing to buy it at blue book value which is about 4000USD, and plans to
> pay me about 200/month.
>
> Many small graces have left me humbled muchly in this Advent.
>
>
> +++
> Grace & peace,
> j
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> n
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