Best Decision

Last Sunday when I visited she was worried, “Dana’s* mad at me.” 

“Why would you think that she is mad at you?’

“She’s . . . not . . . here.” 

“Mom, I am sure Dana* is not mad at you. She does not work on the weekend.”

Mom shrugged her shoulders.

“Mom, she will be here tomorrow you can ask her yourself. I promise you that she is not mad at you.”

“Talk . . .  t’her. . .   don’t  . . . want . . .   lose her, Julienne.”

“I will call her Monday, mom, just to make sure.”   Mom felt better knowing I would make sure Dana* was not angry with her.

***On Monday, I called Dana* while she was at The Community*. 

“Dana*, mom is worried that you are mad at her.”

“I know she said that to me.  I told her we are “Friends Forever”.

Today Wednesday I visited mom again.  “Mom, I spoke with Dana* like you asked me.  She was never mad at you.  She told me that you and she are Friends Forever.”

Mom smiled, nodded her head and repeated, “Friends Forever”.

“Mom, I know she likes you very much and she takes great care of you.”

“Oh  . . . I adore . . . her,” Mom said smiling.

“Dana* adores you too mom.”

Putting mom on hospice has been one of the best decisions that we have made for mom’s care.