Yesterday Jack Seaman and Mick Pettit came by. Jack left Jane's book for mom to read, sign, and return. Mom won't be able to read it but Heather an I are. Signatures in the back include long time Lazy Mt neighbors like Ken and Nancy Rowland, Mary Jane (Clark) Phelps, Jessie Devries, and Wayne Bowens. It is actually the pages of Jane's diary of their first trip over the Alcan from North Dakota to Alaska in 1947. Every time they would hit a post office she would tear out the pages and mail them to her folks who were taking care of Mick and Rick- their little boys. It was a 20th century blog!
The Alcan was and is marked with mileposts so you could keep track of your progress. Every day is a milepost for mom. The only difference is that we don't know how many more there are.
We do know that she can't handle swallowing pills any more so the pain control is now limited to the patch and the liquid morphine. She is sleeping 90% of the time and lucid less. The liquid dosages are much more temporary in their effectiveness so we will have to administer them every hour or two.
From our episode this morning it is likely that she will not be able to assist in standing for changing so that will precipitate either moving her to her bed or installing a catheter .
Yesterday she said, "Why can't I just go home?" All I could say was that that was up to the Lord. Our task is to run with patience. That is hard to do with the finish line this close but the agony of that final sprint is a necessary part of preparing us for Glory.
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