Yep - Oct 19, 2024

 Still here. It's become common for Laurel to take her 7am and 730am meds then drift back to sleep. Miraculously she has no pain when asleep.

Hospice has increased their visits to three per week and we expect them today. They check the lesions on her right breast and underarm areas (you don't want to see pictures of this), monitor her swollen right arm and hand (Laurel accurately described the appearance as that of Captain Kirk's hands in the 2009 Star Trek movie), take her vitals and count her meds for refills.

Generally, her pain is mostly well-controlled. Sometimes there are a couple tough hours in the early morning and evening but she settles down in time for bed and sleeps through the night uninterrupted. What a blessing.

It's about noon and she's been asleep all morning. It's so great to see her relaxed.

I am reading your responses to Laurel as she's capable of listening but please don't expect any responses for now.

I can't tell you how much we appreciate your consistent and enduring love and support. It's really amazing.