Hi Guys,
As many of you know my dad has been fighting liver cancer for the last few months, well today the fight ended. I got a call at work from mom saying they were taking dad to Hospice and I needed to get there, so I left work drove the 65 miles there and went in. When I got there he was still awake and talking some, they gave him some morphine to ease the pain, the morphine also caused him to relax and it looked like he was going to take a nap. All of a sudden he tries to get up to roll over, we thought he was reaching for the O2 hose. As he leaned he spit up blood and leaned back, I could see he was chocking on his own blood so I roll him over on his side and called the nurse. Apparently the morphine caused his muscles to relax and the blood was coming out of his stomach and lungs, it was probaly about 1/2 gallon. the nurse said it look as if he had internal bleeding for a few days. I stood there and watch my father die, I felt completely helpless. They said I did the right thing by rolling him onto his side, but there was nothing anyone could have done.
I'm gonna miss you dad, I love you so much
In Loving Memory of Alford T Hulett 1941-2005
As many of you know my dad has been fighting liver cancer for the last few months, well today the fight ended. I got a call at work from mom saying they were taking dad to Hospice and I needed to get there, so I left work drove the 65 miles there and went in. When I got there he was still awake and talking some, they gave him some morphine to ease the pain, the morphine also caused him to relax and it looked like he was going to take a nap. All of a sudden he tries to get up to roll over, we thought he was reaching for the O2 hose. As he leaned he spit up blood and leaned back, I could see he was chocking on his own blood so I roll him over on his side and called the nurse. Apparently the morphine caused his muscles to relax and the blood was coming out of his stomach and lungs, it was probaly about 1/2 gallon. the nurse said it look as if he had internal bleeding for a few days. I stood there and watch my father die, I felt completely helpless. They said I did the right thing by rolling him onto his side, but there was nothing anyone could have done.
I'm gonna miss you dad, I love you so much





In Loving Memory of Alford T Hulett 1941-2005