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  1. Hi,

    got just a telephon-calling from my friend (I drunk with him yesterday). His son (7 years!!!) should go to a hospice told him the Doctor today. No chance of improvement. He don't know what he should do. I also. Two years the boy (Mark) has fought. I think it's enough.
  2. Since his son is just 7, i think he connects a lot of good memories with his home (family, love, whatever,....)
    In contrast to that in the hospice he doenst know anything and it is a foreign envoriment for him.
    So I go definately for home !
  3. My friend and his wife also can live there during the time. The Doctor means, so Mark has a little more time, because of the good care.

    Mark has Leukemia. I hope my translation was correct
  4. Ah okay. Well really hard decision, might be hard for his parents to live in their sons place of death afterwards. How long time does he have left ?
  5. Pff thats a very bad situation. I think it depens on the parents and the boy itself what do they want, its different for everbody, to give an example ( maybe a bit different). My grandpa was also giving this choice and he and my grandma ofcourse choose to go home and end it there.
    But it just a personal choice ofcourse. I hope they will choose the thing they all want. And give them my best whises.
  6. I'll keep the little guy in my prayers.
  7. Very sad. I think that I would prefer home. The little one will feel better at home. And if the parents can not live with the memories they can move afterwards.
    God bless them all!
  8. After my work I'll go to the hospital. It's a shame, that I was never there before when Mark was in hospital. I'm afraid before that visit.
  9. End of life care is a really difficult subject and what's 'best' is different for every family and situation. If they keep him at home they'll need to ensure that they can access home-care nursing to assist with medications and specialist care they can't do themselves. People who choose homecare, in my experience, don't tend to regret it as it can become a very intense and intimate experience that stays with them long after the dying person has passed away. But not every family is going to be able to cope with the amount of work and intense emotion that homecare involves and for them a hospice with experienced and caring staff 24 hours a day is a more suitable choice.

    Basically, as long as the dying person can be kept comfortable and well-cared for and the emotional needs of the whole family can be met, that's the most important thing. The setting is secondary to that.
  10. Home is the best place. I'd want to be surrounded by people I love towards the end of my life and enjoy what I can that's left of it. Feel comfortable somewhere I grew up and know.

    My personal thoughts go out to him.
  11. Mark goes to hospice tomorrow. It was a tough but probably a good decision. Sorry, I don't now how to say this in english, I said today Goodbye to Mark...forever. Many of his schoolfriends also were in hospital to say Goodbye. It was a hard day, so I'm off.

  12. Originally posted by U2Freak999:Mark goes to hospice tomorrow. It was a tough but probably a good decision. Sorry, I don't now how to say this in english, I said today Goodbye to Mark...forever. Many of his schoolfriends also were in hospital to say Goodbye. It was a hard day, so I'm off.




    Saying goodbye is hard, and brave of you. Take care.
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