Made it through the night
Mom was quite warm last night. They say that a fever is part of the body shutting down, that it's not due to a virus.
I put a cool washcloth on her forehead, and dipped cotton balls in alcohol and spread that over her arms and neck. It seemed to cool her off.
I gave her more morphine and ativan. The morphine doesn't really knock her out like I thought it would. I wonder if it doesn't really work on her, so this morning I just gave her the ativan. I will check if it seems to make a difference without the morphine.
She is comfortable. I gave her a few ice chips, although at one point she chocked a little, so I stopped.
She keeps reaching for my hand to hold.
I need to get back in there and do some hand holding.
Later
I put a cool washcloth on her forehead, and dipped cotton balls in alcohol and spread that over her arms and neck. It seemed to cool her off.
I gave her more morphine and ativan. The morphine doesn't really knock her out like I thought it would. I wonder if it doesn't really work on her, so this morning I just gave her the ativan. I will check if it seems to make a difference without the morphine.
She is comfortable. I gave her a few ice chips, although at one point she chocked a little, so I stopped.
She keeps reaching for my hand to hold.
I need to get back in there and do some hand holding.
Later
Labels: active stage of dying, holding hands
posted by Confessions of a Caregiver at
9:07 AM
1 Comments:
You are doing all the right things! Thanks for the update. She sounds responsive to your caring and caregiving.
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