Bonus Day 4 (December 16th)

This was a doctor's appointment and a chemo treatment.  It wasn't a good day.  Connie couldn't make the walk with her walker from the rig to the truck.  It was tough to watch.  But, again, she was a trooper and gutted it out.  We used the wheelchair the rest of the day.

We met with her Oncologist and I told the story from the 12th.  He basically said the brain is starting to shut her body down.  On the 12th, it shut it down then restarted.  It would continue to happen until it couldn't restart and she'd be gone.

He gave us the option of doing the next two treatments, a week off, then meeting with him on the first Monday of the New Year.  However, he said things weren't going to get better.  In most cases, they were going to get worse and the shut downs would be more frequent.

The other option was to skip the treatment and consult Hospice.  He gave us time to talk and decide.

We talked.  We talked about when this all started (back in 2013), we would always opt for quality of life vs. quantity.  Right now, her quality was terrible.  She doesn't want to go to the beach.  She doesn't want to sit out in the sun.  She spends 12-16 hours in bed, the rest of the time in the recliner.  We decided we're at that point.  She simply said, "Let's go home."

With those 3 words, we began the end of our time together.