Dawn the hospice nurse was here to check him. His pulse ox is 93 which I find amazing considering he is almost gasping to breathe. She suggested we give him morphine every 4-6 hours to help make his breathing more relaxed. We changed him and pulled him up in bed, and repositioned him on his side. We had no idea we needed to rotate him every 4 hours. We will start doing this now. He is on his side and resting more comfortable. The morphine has really helped.
When we moved him, Doug was standing at the head of the bed and he put his hands under my Dad's arm pits and in one gentle movement pulled him up. This caused my Dad to open his eyes. This was the first time I saw some type of life in him. It was wonderful to see his blue eyes again, even if it was for a few minutes.
Dawn suggested he take off his wedding ring as him hands are starting to swell a little. Mikell had suggested this yesterday, but I didn't want anyone to. It was my own fear of the finalization of everything. Mikell very graciously gave me his ring. It fits perfectly on my right hand. This is the second wedding ring Mikell has gotten him. The first had to be cut off his hand 5 years ago when he first got sick.
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