... not so good ..

I spent some time today with Grandad ..

.. he is not doing the best and has not taken any food or drink orally (or otherwise) since Thursday ..

.. this morning my Dad asked a priest to visit, after Grandad asked him to, when he has declined one before now, and he did the Anointing of the sick.

It was also so amazing too, as when they were performing the anointing Grandad was quite sedate, but as soon as he saw Abbie his face lit up and he watched her playing etc and smiled. It was so wonderful.

Dr came at lunch-time and he has now been admitted to hospital to investigate what is causing him to "choke" and gag as he is unable to swallow anything.

He does have thrush in his mouth, but it seems to be more than that causing the problem.

Following this he'll be referred to the hospice for palliative care at the Hospice or at the resthome. We are hoping they will give him a morphine port/pump so that other meds or TPN can be given to make him comfortable.

I was able to spend a little time with him, telling him things the boys were getting up to and also wash his face down to cool him and give him hugs etc.

This afternoon Grandad was sleeping on and off but I think he could still hear who was in the room.

My Uncle R and Aunty M have come up from Nelson so that is really good as Dad and my Aunty are exhausted so hopefully they will get a bit of a break .. My Uncle I visited during the weekend and Dad said he was quite shocked to see how Grandad has got.

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My friends daughter was life flighted up to Starship last week .. she has leukeamia was due to have bone marrow transplant this week .. but during per-admission tests started seizing .. so they put her in an induced coma .. and now waiting on tests .. she was being weaned from the drugs and they are waiting for her to wake up on her own to see if she has any residual problems from the seizures.

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Two babies from the HC group who were born last month passed away last week, from complications following their surgeries. One I met at the HC coffee group and the FSW has helped both through the pregnancies and visited them recently while she was up at Starship for training. So sad ..