After about 3 years of fighting cancer, she is now running the last lap. There were many ups and downs. The good times, where she could go back to her normal lifestyle after the operation and the bad times, when there was a recurrence and had to go through an operation, a few invasive procedures and suffer the pain.
I mean it's good. She's finishing the race soon. Very soon, all these will end and she does not need to suffer anymore. The moment this race ends, she will be able to see her husband once again and be with the Lord.
The current plan is for her to go to the hospice. But before that, she had requested to go back home one last time. Her relative told me that she hasn't gone back home since the latest op, which was 3 months ago. She wanted to have a last look, especially photos of her late husband in photo frames. Shortly after her husband died, she was down with cancer. Sad :(
I have seen her persevere. Her race was not easy at all. She is really a good patient. Not bothering us at all and cooperating so well with us.
I can imagine the moment she steps home, it's like saying goodbye to everything. She would probably pick up a significant item, stare at it and reminisce the past. And then after doing it over a few items, she will leave. At the door step, she will have one last look. At the point of time, her heart will be so settled and she will be ready to go anytime.
I really hope that this wish of hers will happen. We are all in the midst of making arrangements. That is what nursing is all about to me.
She is definitely a patient worth crying for.