Phil's final days

Yesterday started out with Phil vomiting. I called the doctor and we came up with another new mixture of meds to try to help. They brought it over about 7 pm and he was vomiting when we put it in his IV and he stopped right away. So that is one problem solved.

He slept most of the morning yesterday and in the late afternoon he started to get restless while Roberta Arndorfer was visiting about 2 pm. His restlessness increased throughout the afternoon until his was extremely restless about 6 PM. My sister, brother in law and Michelle, Mark and the kids were here and he was asking for things that did not make sense. The nurse finally came with the new drugs. We hoped the the new drug also would help the restlessness and it did settle him for about 15 min before he started up again. We all tried to settle him with no avail. After two doses of pain meds and two doses of medication to combat the restlessness he fell asleep about 11 pm and did not wake until 4:30 am. I gave him some more medication at that time and he went back to sleep.

He only wakes now if you disturb him to change his clothes or his position. I think that he does hear us talk because he occasionally nods or shakes his head appropriately. However, I think this is probably a turn toward the final stage.

On the other side of the fence, my special godson and nephew Brian and his wife Jane came over this morning. Brian sat with Phil while Jane gave me a massage. Jane and I also spent time talking and it was like I was in heaven myself. They are special people to share with me their rare day off together without children.