Thinking Outloud

Sep 07 2007

I feel so helpless.

Published by User Image Kim at 1:44 pm under family

As you all know, my husband’s mother is now in the palliative care unit at our local hospital and her condition is deteriorating each day. I feel so helpless as to how to help my husband through this. He is understandably extremely sad, but there is nothing I can say or do that can help him feel better. I realize that her time is near and so does he, but it certainly doesn’t make it any easier to accept. So, I guess the only thing I can do is what I am currently doing by just letting him know I am there for him and I will continue to be there for him. It is an extremely sad situation, and if there was anything at all I could do to make him feel better, I would. Unfortunately for him and me there isn’t, so I guess I just have to be content knowing that he knows I would help if I could.

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2 Responses to “I feel so helpless.”

# Tammy (Who am I?)on 08 Sep 2007 at 12:54 am

Hugs helped me when mom and dad were near the end.
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# Tammy (Who am I?)on 10 Sep 2007 at 3:30 am

I have another award for you. Come get it.
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