Hospice...

I knew it had to happen one day, but why did it have to be now?

My Dad, who many of you know from his visits to the parish, was diagnosed with lung cancer and prostate cancer a few years ago. He refused treatment then. The lung cancer was extremely slow growing, until recently.

It started growing quickly. The doctors also found a tumor in his hip bone.

Radiation on the hip sent him from walking with a cane, to a walker, now he has to use a wheelchair. He has had enough, so he is refusing further radiation therapy.

He's on hospice now, and he's being kept comfortable. He's still feisty...he's still my Dad!

I'll be going up to see him this weekend....my last chemo was almost 4 weeks ago, so I've been cleared to travel -- and my own radiation starts Monday. It'll be good to be with him for a few days.

I was hoping to put this kind of visit off for a long time....who knows? He has beaten other things before.......