That's a really depressing story Gruss. Poor woman....thats no way to be 
treated at the end of your life.


>
> They do, but right now she's in that weird place where, even though
> she's not getting chemo, they want to "treat" her (which means no pain
> meds unless you need them and now she doesn't).
>
> She's left the hospital to a nursing home and they're telling her if
> she eats and gets her strength up she can begin physical therapy.  If
> that happens, the doctors will allow her to go back to her retirement
> home.
>
> Well, she has little motivation to get her strength up and it turns
> out that when you have cancer, your body makes you go poo a lot in an
> attempt to get rid of it.
>
> So basically she's stuck at a nursing home, peeing and crapping all
> over herself, while watching other people die until it's her turn in 3
> - 6 months.
>
> Just to complete the picture: she's supposed to have guard rails on
> her bed and ring to go to the bathroom.  Well she woke up, had to go,
> and rang.  Nobody showed up so she got up to go herself but fell and
> lay on the ground for hours where she had soiled herself.
>
> We complained to the staff manager who told us that, on the weekend,
> they have a lighter staff and so the service is a bit more "relaxed".
> And this is a spendy, "nice" place!
>



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