Tag: hospice caregiver

• ‘Murica Day and All That Shiz

  Friday morning, I woke up, determined to make the day mine. Or as much mine as I could. Betsy was picking me up at 8:30am to go get Murphy to hopefully meet his new family and Parrish would be coming to town at SOME point and offered to load up the boxes from mom’s apartment…

  samuraisamiam

  July 5, 2021

  caregiver, death, dying, Family Dysfunction, hospice

  active dying, caregiver, death, end of life, hospice, hospice caregiver

• 35 Ain’t Too Bad

  Surprisingly, my birthday didn’t turn out to be the complete shit show I had anticipated. My good friend Em had a beautiful bouquet delivered, kiddo had her 1-year follow up since finding out she’s type 1 diabetic and her A1C lowered even more, and it was fairly uneventful in the hospice world.

  samuraisamiam

  June 29, 2021

  caregiver, death, depression, dying, Guilt Trips, hospice, Rant, Uncategorized

  anxiety, caregiver, caregiver burnout, depression, hospice, hospice caregiver

• Tomorrow I turn 35. It’s safe to say this is another birthday I’m not looking forward to celebrating. Last year during this weekend, kiddo was in Iowa City being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and now this year I get to sit here and watch my mom slowly deteriorate and eventually die.

  samuraisamiam

  June 27, 2021

  caregiver, death, dying, Family Dysfunction, hospice, mental health

  death, Family Dysfunction, hospice, hospice caregiver