Ed was enjoying his baked ziti & peach crisp lunch so much that we made the ambulance guys wait for him to finish before bringing him home today. We were home by 1:45 and waiting on the front porch to welcome Ed home were Judi, Becky, and Lori, his caregiver from 1 to 11 p.m. (long shift!) He settled right into his bed in the family room, smiles all the way around at how the room was arranged. He said it was good to be home. He hasn't been very responsive today either in the hospital or at home, another sign that things are going downhill, I'm afraid. However, here it is, well past his recent bedtimes, and he's still up watching the Reds baseball game. Lori is terrific. She is actually a therapeutic massage therapist so Ed and I have each had the benefit of her expertise. She has even worked on my back problem and got rid of a little of my pain. Wish she could stay!
A Hospice nurse came this evening to set up Ed's meds and give us some basic instructions on tending to him. It's up to me to give the meds. The oxygen concentrator, which takes room air and converts it to 90-some percent pure oxygen that then goes into his canula, is a little noisy, but Lori tells me it's a quieter one than some she's familiar with. Hopefully it won't keep us up during the night.
