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Mike I barely know what to say. I pray that Our Lord gives you the strength to make it through these next few days. Please focus that when your wife transitions to her next reality she'll be in the arms of Jesus. Her race will be finished. For the rest of forever she'll be more alive, more happy than we can imagine. Our life on earth is just a shadow of what's to come. Celebrate her life and don't morn her death.
I too, pray that she shuts her eyes, and the next thing she sees is Home.
I'll pray daily for strength for you both
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Thank you Snooky1954, such beautiful words.
She's back to the shallow barely audible breathing. Mentioning going home. I'm Irish so we supposedly have "The Gift." Well last summer, our neighbor, a WW2 vet of 95. Nice man, always friendly passed. Two weeks after he'd gone I saw him walk by in front of our home. I remember him clearly and as solid as can be. His royal blue jacket and bald head. He had an intent look about him and staring at his home. He was walking fast yet his legs were taking normal strides. I watched for a few seconds then turned away. One of those "Huh! moments when I realized what I'd seen. My wife said he was going home for the last time. That was a nice thought, God allowing that.
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Mike, thinking of you and your sweet wife constantly and trying to hold back the tears, but it's not working. Just sit with her, tell her you love her, tell her it's ok to go home. I loved reading about the vision of your friend/neighbor. Sounds like it's time to let go and let God. Stay strong for YOU. And I appreciate you letting us know how things are going. Time to call family maybe?
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Mike,
My prayers are with you as well. I am also part Irish (my dad was half Irish and half Danish). After he passed, I was at my parents' house shortly after and sleeping in the room where he usually slept. In the middle of the night, the lights would go on. This continued for a while and then it didn't happen any more. We always thought that it was a sign from him that everything was all right, not that he was discontent in any way. Hopefully you will get some sort of a sign from your wife as she transitions. I found it quite comforting. She will most likely be going home soon.
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Mike, it is gut wrenching to hear what you are going through. Thank you for sharing with us and I hope that we can bring you a sliver of comfort, as you can talk candidly here in ways that you cannot with your loved ones. Soon your wife will finally be at peace. You will continue to be in my prayers. I am also from Washington although do not live there now. Vancouver is such a beautiful area. So many trees.
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Oh no... Hold on dear Mike, I pray for both of you... Saulius
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Folks,
In case you haven't seen this, someone posted on a new thread about CF33, which is a cowpox virus starting human trials in Australia and the U.S. (supposedly in triple negative breast cancer, among others) probably around the first of the year. Here's the link to an article about it:
https://www.news.com.au/national/human-trials-to-b...
Sounds promising. It's a continuation of the immunotherapy approach to cancer but instead of using a drug, it's using a virus.
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Mike so sorry. Praying the Lord can be your peace right now.
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BevJen,
The Copox virus looks promising. There seems to be a lot of promising treatments in the future for us.
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Mike, I am so, so sorry to hear about your wife. It is heartbreaking. I wish you and your daughter strength, and the support of many friends, and I wish your your wife peace and relief.
I know that music can be very comforting to a person, even if they are not showing a huge amount of awareness. Maybe you could put on some soothing music that she loves, or maybe sing a little if you are so inclined. I also loved what Goldie said about just sitting with her, and giving her permission to go. All of us on this forum have given some thought to death, what a 'good' death is like... I hope when I die I am inside a circle of love with the people who matter to me near. I am sure your wife felt very lucky to have a husband like you.
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". To me, my beautiful perfect wife left me some months back."
That is very true - she is not there anymore anyway.. That is sad , Mike. Good that self preservation instinct keeps you calm - look after yourself.
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What an adventure tonight. I was helping her go to the bathroom. Usually she could pull herself up from the toilet but she couldn't. So I grabbed her under the arms and hauled her up and deposited her into the walker. Well she immediately went into a seizure from the strain (and peed all over the bathroom floor). 911 call and call to Hospice. She was in the seizure state for 15 minutes until the firemen came. I don't know what they did because I was on the phone. Anyway they take her to an ER local hospital. All they could do was to stabilize her. Under hospice they are not allowed to do any medical things for her, not even a blood test.
A hospice RN met me at the hospital. Wife coming back home any minute now and will be bed ridden and on Depends. Tomorrow they will have delivered a hospital bed so she can take pills and such while sitting up. She didn't look good at all. Hospital staff felt she might pass any moment.
1:50 am, no sleep.
MikeW.
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Mike , is hospital stuff going to come and help you ? Is there any particular reason why she does not get admitted to residential hospice ? I do not think one person(you) without a relief can look after her. Apologies if I missed something .
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Well it's 4 am and 2 EMT's have just brought her back home and put her in her own bed for the night. Tomorrow she gets a hospital bed in the living room. Strange, the song Gentile Persuasion keeps going through my head. It's gentile soothing music.
I know in the UK the government takes care of everything. Here, in the U.S. some things like residential hospice can cost $ 45,000 to $ 50,000 and up per year. Her medical coverage and Medicare cover only in home hospice. In home care person, which is advertised on TV here, also costs a bundle.
Maybe I can get a few ZZZZ's.
MikeW.
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Sending more prayers to you Mike and praying you get some rest, you def. need it and like I said, you have to take care of you. Is your wife aware at all? Can she carry on a small conversation or answer questions. My neighbor, 92, just went to the hospital the other day, he too is on home hospice and they had to take him off hospice while at the hospital so they could run tests, then put him back on it after he came home! It is very hard to get the right kind of help that is needed. We had a heck of a time getting my mom into a nursing home. They kept saying she didn't qualify! It took us months and another ER visit before we were successful with that. Your wife has a pretty name, never heard of it.
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Can't sleep tonight so I sat with her. She's aware of me and whispered "I love you." I kissed her on the forehead and told her I love her and I can't fix her, can't help her. Her body is broken and God is calling her home. I seriously doubt she will make it through the night. Oh you dear ladies, I'm so sorry for pouring my guts out to you, especially you ladies.
MikeW.
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Mike, don't you even apologize. We are here to SUPPORT one another, no matter what our role is. I appreciate so much you keeping us updated. Glad she was able to speak with you, if only just an I love you. I pray she is not suffering.
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Mike- I have been following your posts though I don't post on this Thread (I do not take Fenben). I just want to say, may your Lord be with you now. Do you have anyone you can call on to help? Sit with her? My mom passed at home with Hospice 6 years ago. We had the hospital bed, the oxygen, the aides that came in to help bathe, the nurse that visited. Mom was in Hospice 7 weeks before her passing. Dad was at her side and us kids (brother, 2 sisters, and me) were available. What you said is true.... .God is calling her to her eternal home. And you will see her again. No pain, no sickness, no death there. Praying for you in this time.
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Mike,
Praying for you and your family. I pray you find peace and your wife has a peaceful transition.
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Human trials to begin next year using a virus to kill cancer
Scientists have created a new cowpox-style virus in a bid to cure cancer.
The treatment, called CF33, can kill every type of cancer in a petrie dish and has shrunk tumours in mice, The Daily Telegraph reported.
US cancer expert Professor Yuman Fong is engineering the treatment, which is being developed by Australia biotech company Imugene.
They are hoping the treatment will be tested on breast cancer patients, among other cancer sufferers, next year.
More context at: https://www.frontpagelive.com/2019/11/09/the-new-cure-that-can-kill-every-type-of-cancer-the-story-of-science-viruses-hope-and-money/
Company webpage about this virus: https://www.imugene.com/oncolytic-virus
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Mike,
Holding you in my heart right now. I've had experience with hospice for both my mother and my brother. With my mother, she was literally on hospice for like two years -- every time they were going to do an evaluation on her to see if she could stay in hospice, she would decline just a little bit to allow her to stay on it. (And Goldie is right -- if she should recover, they can admit her into the hospital, take her off hospice for that period of time so that medical treatment can be given, and then put her back on -- you just have to sign some paperwork. They should have told you that.) With my brother, he was literally kicked out of the hospital into hospice bc they didn't want him to die in the hospital and mess up their statistics (Medicare watches this.) He died less than 48 hours after going into hospice.
If your wife has made it through the night, you should know that sometimes, people have a slight recovery prior to passing. That's what happened with my brother -- he had one good day, and we were able to say our goodbyes and talk with him a bit. Then he went into a deep sleep and then just passed. As hard as that sounds, it was a peaceful passing after he had been in so much pain (he died of cancer as well). His adult children were able to come and see him during that one good day.
Know that if she is in a deep sleep this morning, and cannot be roused, she's on her journey home. This happened with both my mother and my brother. Sitting there as much as you can, and simply holding her hand or, as others have suggested, playing music, talking to her, etc. will ease her passing both for her and for you.
Prayers to you right now. It's much harder on you than on her.
Bev
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Mike,
Holding you and your wife close in prayer. I'm half Irish also--my Dad was Irish--so of course I also believe the Irish have the "Gift". I pray you get some good in-home help to come in to assist you, that you get some sleep and for a peace-filled transition for your wife. I'm glad you were able to say "I love you" to each other. You are truly living out 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8--"Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends."
May our God bless you both Mike and Darlis,
Jeanne
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Dearest Mike - I wish I could give you a hug, comfort you, take some of the pain away. I have witnessed you constantly seeking to find healing for your dear wife Darlis and caring for her in every way possible. I truly don't understand the suffering we must face in this world. You are surrounded by love as you endure.
Janet
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My wife has moved to her last home, a hospital bed in the living room. Daughter came and helped out. Called 911 and some firemen came and moved her from her bed to the hospital bed. She's quiet now and breathing okay. Daughter and I tried to change her adult diaper. Very very difficult. Woman across the street said she'd help. She did the same for her 103 year old grand mother.
I am so tired I'm going to try to get some sleep. I guess I'll sleep in the bed tonight, first time in months. Usually I slept on the davenport. Not too bad really. She is so tired and weak.
One of the reasons I got the 57 T-Bird is that people will stop to talk to me about it. Some old retired widower said he can go a whole week without anyone talking to him except the usual, "Thank you Sir." So if you're ever in Vancouver WA and see a choice 57 white Thunderbird in a restaurant parking lot and you see a lonely old veteran sitting alone nursing his coffee, come by and say hello. Just a nice hello would be fine. I am in deep agony now, pain like a sharp knife cutting my soul in two, separating me and my wife.
Mike W.
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Mike, I don't know what to say. Other than hold your memories deep within your heart. Be thankful that Darlis is not in pain and resting comfortably, which is what you need to do, rese my friend, embrace the time you have now. I know, easier said than done. We all hope to go so peacefully, and that is what I pray for your Darlis. I can only wish to run into you in your 57 T-Bird. Perhaps you will share a picture of you, in the future, in that classic with a cup joe! Much love!
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Mike- My prayers go out to you tonight from across the miles. God bless you and your precious wife.
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I finally might get some sleep. I was sitting alone with my wife listening to her breathing in short shallow breaths. I talked to her, reminisced about our life together though she couldn't hear me. Finally I called hospice. They sent a nurse and asked a priest to come. The nurse was fantastic. Between Morphine Sulfate and Diazepam my wife is out for now. She also has a small oxygen machine. The priest was nice and gave her the Anointing of the Sick (they don't call it the Last Rites anymore).
Nurse said, based on her vital signs, she probably won't pass just yet.
Love all you ladies. Here you are giving me words of encouragement and prayers when most of you have a list of treatments and chemo's a mile long. Each and every one of you are suffering severely.
Mike W.
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Mike,
I am so glad to hear you got some rest and help with your wife. My mother died of cancer a few years ago. She slept a lot towards the end and the nurse told us people can still hear you talk when they are in that state. I'm sure it is very comforting to your wife with you by her side talking to her.
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Our internet has been down, so haven't been able to check in.
Mike, I see you haven't posted. Keeping you, Darlis and family close to my heart.
Lori
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Mike, I'm thinking of you too and sending love and strength.
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