![]() by Special Guest: Melody Chattel Within a 12-day period, I had the privilege of sitting next to two women as they took their last breaths. The two women were mother and daughter. Together they represented two of the most important women in my life, my own 72-year-old mother, Irma Jeanne Chatelle, and her mother, my 95-year-old grandmother, Faye Farley. My mother’s death was expected. She
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![]() Morphine is one of many drugs that is used to treat moderate to severe pain and also it is used to treat shortness of breath. Not many people know that. In hospice medicine we use it all the time for both and it is one of the standards for the treatment of shortness of breath. If someone is allergic or for whatever reason cannot take morphine, there are other drugs in this same category to try. There is the thought in the medical community (outside of hospice) that |
AuthorIn fall 2014, I moved some old blog posts here that I had written years ago from 2007 to 2010. Hope they are helpful. Archives
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