It seems so long and so short time ago. Last year at this time, Carmen was still getting around on her own. She was in palliative care. The team at hospital were quite good. Anything we asked for was done. She had two blood transfusions to get her red blood cell count higher. They responded to any phone calls and said they had a hospital bed ready anytime we asked.
She needed the morphine for pain but the doctor also gave her a “mood stabilizer” really an anti-depressant but I always thought that it amounted to legalized ”feel good” candy for those last few weeks. I guess like any drug related “high”, the body builds up tolerance and the effect begins to wane. The fact that Carmen conceded and resigned herself to allopathic medicine was probably a bad sign. She had always followed natural medicine.
Definitely feels both a short and long time ago for me too. More so short, can’t believe it’s been almost a year now.