“Brenda was so helpful. She was an angel. She made things so much easier. Elaine was so comfortable around her. She looked after her so well.”
“Elaine was happy until the day she died. We thought she was going to last a long, long time.
“She started feeling a lot better with the feeding tube. She went down so fast—we did not have a clue. We were planning on things months down the road.”
“She had been worried about the girls (my sisters and me) for a long time, getting the things all sorted out. I was doing what she wanted to do.”
“She wanted to die at the hospice place. They would take her there as things got worse. If she had known she was dying, she would have said something. She did not want to put a stigma on the house . . . this is where she died. She is buried out yonder because she did not want us to visit her grave all the time.”
“I wish she had a dog. I think having a dog would have been comforting to her.” He thought people with terminal illnesses should have dogs because they would comfort them.
One question I did not ask: What were your thoughts as you watched your bride waste away?
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He's right about Dogs. Many nursing homes that have seperate units for Alzheimer's patients normally have a dog.
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