Day 5 - trouble breathing

Mom is having trouble breathing. Basically hyperventilating. I turned the oxygen up to 4 (it had been on 3).

Then I phoned the hospice nurse to see if there was some other medicine they had to give her. I didn't think the morphine was relaxing her before, and the Ativan she is managing to spit out, even if it's crushed and dissolved.

She suggested Tylenol rectally. Tylenol? I think this woman is nuts.

The nurse said there wasn't anything else. I found this a bit disappointing, as I thought they could come and give her a shot of something.

So, I have gone back to giving the morphine.

And I will probably again try the Ativan.