katlady, I am so sorry for your loss. I just feel like you deserve your own thread...you have certainly earned it. Please be patient and tender with yourself as you walk through this next part of your ordeal. Warm hugs to you!
Thank you all so much. One thing that bothers me most is that none of the doctors in the hospital gave me the straight story. They just kept giving him fluids and blood - to what end I'm not sure. It was only after I sat down with the palliative nurse that I realized the severity of his kidney failure and that 2 masses were found in his bladder and that there was no way he could go home. The fact that he was completely non responsive by the time he got to hospice care and only lived 8 days tells me how sick he was. It is still so hard to realize he's gone.
Katlady, I am so very sorry for your loss.It was so very sudden but perhaps that was a good thing for your husband,all that suffering that was ahead of him can no longer hurt him. Your hurt will not be easy to overcome but just look at what you have survived already then just breathe. May strength and kindness surround you in the days ahead. Cassie.
Katlady. I am sorry for your loss and for the very hard time that preceded it. And less than a week ago, even in the midst of your hardest time, you told a story to make us laugh. My prayer is that after our final loss, our memories will be selective and choose the good times to ponder, and the crushing weight of AD and death will be less and less in the forefront. My prayers are with you.
Katlady I know your husband died the day I laid mine to rest. I am so sorry. I am also sorry you felt left out of the progression of your husband's illness. As others have said, we will all get through this together - here.
Katlady, please accept my sincere condolences on the loss of your husband. We are all here for you as you grieve. My thoughts and prayers go out to you.