Relief at the diagnosis

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. Thank you for posting this.

My sister died recently, and while her health issues were quite different from your wife's, she did have a number of them. She had long had DNR orders, and the most recent hospitalizations she had a wrist band that had AND, for A Natural Death. She was only 70, far too young, but she was ready to go.

The closest thing to advice I'm going to offer is that if caring for her becomes too much, do get help. Home nurse, hospital, nursing home, hospice, whatever makes the most sense.

I will also add that in the past two months of her life my sister had four separate hospital admissions, and the staff at that hospital were entirely wonderful. It was the fourth one, that didn't initially seem too serious that turned out to be the final one. After two days she took an extreme turn for the worst and it was over rather quickly.

To me, it's a good thing to know the end is near, as it is for your wife. You clearly feel the same way.