“We had home hospice for almost a year. The nurse and I grew very close and we still call and text each other several times a year.”
Yes this happens a lot. During my Father’s ordeal the hospice nurse became very close with us as a family, we adopted her whether she liked it or not, she didn’t have a choice. And because my kids are in the same industry, one of my daughters was able to hook her up with the pediatrician doctor my daughter was nursing for at the time. So when it came time for my wife needing care she would not let any of the other hospice nurses take on my wife as a patient. She came and did it personally as now part of our family. :)
One could not ask for anything more wonderful and fortunate considering the situation.
What a wonderful story - so glad you had that kind of bond with the nurse.
My mom had ALS and my brothers were set against hospice (they had the misunderstanding of what hospice is like so many) and the end for her was just horrible. No supportive measures or pain relief, we could never get ahold of her doctor in time to help her with anything. Her end of life wishes were not honored and she ended being put on a vent which she never wanted and begged us to never let happen. It was just a nightmare.
We had to shop around to find a good hospice agency, and then find the best nurses and CNAs in the agency through trial and error, but it was really a godsend for us.