http://kmareka.com/2009/01/17/end-of-life/ Progressive Views from a Nurse and a Social Worker Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:59:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://kmareka.com/2009/01/17/end-of-life/#comment-4558 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:51:57 +0000 http://kmareka.com/?p=2623#comment-4558 I got the opportunity to participate in the home hospice care of my father thanks to a heroin dealer.I broke my hand really badly in a fight with him(2 pins) and I was out for 8 weeks.I went down to New Jersey and helped the home hospice people with him.He only had to spend one night in the hospital after the oral hydromorphone lost its effectiveness.He spent his last hours knocked out by Toridol and morphine.
The home hospice people were absolutely aces.I can’t say enough about them.

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