TDetroit’s ramblings and nonsense

how is it that the hospital is the most unhealthy place to eat?  all they have is processed foods and carbs. 

talk about a business racket.  a person comes in sick, and they feed death to the family members to get them to check in too.  fried burgers, mercian cheese, "meat"loaf with groovy gravy, mayo, corn chips and creamy cheddar in a cup, cake, pie, etc.  Don’t get me wrong, the tongue loves this stuff, the mind is about to pop.

then there is the food they give the patients.  on the surface it all sounds good.  chicken and rice soup - with too much salt; chocolate cake (well cancer patients have to get lot’s of cals of any sort to live - my wife hasn’t eaten in 12 days); canned beans - fuey; usually a piece of chicken with with some sort of suspicious groovy, today is rigatoni (i’m Italian so fuggetabout it).

aaagh!  this place is a death machine.

i am spending the night at the hospital tonight.  my wife had a "rally" yesterday.  that’s when the cancer patient exhibits energy and stregth.  she got out of bed, with help, and sat in a chair.  she tried it several times, but was unable to do it again.

tonight, she breathes regualar for 30 secs, then switches to apnia for 30 secs of 5 or 6 secs between breathes.  I told the nurse, and now she pops in here every 10 -20 minutes to assess.

the next step will be coma, and then a quiet.

it’s 10:30, but I am not tired yet.  i had a starbucks capucchino a bit ago, so i’m in for the haul.

I am really just too busy for now to be able to get the good food.  it’s been all hospital lately - that food will kill you.  before that we were in disney for the wish trip.  all buffets and unhealthy food for a week.  (i did get some great omelltes though and would do it all again just for that)

looks like it will come to an end real soon.  Docs are advising we switch from hospital care to hospice - which means no more meds to try to make her better, just pain meds and watch the last little bit waste away.  likely she will fall into a coma and stop…