Pamela G.

CLEAN RESIDENT'S ROOMS, MAKE SURE BEDS ARE SANITIZED. I WOULD ALSO HELP A FEW OF THE CNA'S OUT WHEN NEEDED

MY UNCLE WAS VERY ILL WITH THREE TYPES OF CANCER. FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND A HALF HE COULD DO SOMETHINGS FOR HIMSELF , THEN HIS ILLNESS BECAME WORSE HE HAD A STROKE , THEN AFTER HE HAD 2 STROKES BACK TO BACK WHICH AT THAT TIME HE BECAME AN HOSPICE PATIENT, HE REFUSED TO GO TO A FACILITY HE WANTED TO CONTUNIED BEING WITH ME AND THE DOCTOR'S SAID IT WAS MY UNCLE DECISION . THEY GAVE HIM 30 DAYS TO LIVE, WHICH BY THE GRACE OF GOD HE LIVED 8 MONTHS LONGER. SO I HAD TO BE HIS HOSPICE GIVER. AT FIRST IT WAS NOT EASY WITH ME KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT HOSPICE PATIENTS BUT I KNEW I HAD TO DO IT, I AM A VERY MOTIVATED PERSON ALWAYS WILLING TO CHALLENGE LIFE. I TOOK NOTES FROM HIS DOCTOR, I READ PAMPHLETS, ETC . I HAD TO KEEP HIS G -TUB FLUSHED,AND DRAINED. HIS WOUNDS CLEANED, GIVE HIM HIS MEDS. ON A TIMELY BASE, WHICH HAD TO BE CRUSHED UP AND INSERTED INTO HIS TUB . I HAD TO CHECK HIS SUGAR AS WELL AS HIS BLOOD PRESSURE ON AN HOURLY BASE , AND GIVE HIM SHOTS AS NEEDED. I HAD TO SPONGE BATH HIM, CHANGE HIS DEPENDS AND FEED HIM THRU THE G-TUB WHICH THE LIQUID FOOD WAS PROVIDED BY MEDICARE. I LEARNED SO MUCH WHILE TALKING CARE OF MY UNCLE DUE TO HIS ILLNESS AND I MUST SAY ..I DID IT...I DID IT UNTIL THE DAY HE PASSED ON IN HIS SLEEP PEACEFULLY UNDER MY CARE.