Week #5 Roundup

We are already at week five. I can't believe how much time has past since we decided to participate in the ride. To date, the team has raised $4951.00, meaning we are 66% of the way to our fundraising goal.

It's been two months since dad was transferred into palliative care - that's a long time to be in palliative care. To be honest, I think all of us thought it was just going to be two weeks at the rate he was declining, but now no one knows. I think it's worse this way, as we've all gotten accustomed to visiting and expecting him to be there.

There are a lot of days where dad has trouble taking his medication, so he won't. As a result, he's been having hallucinations lately. The other day he was reaching for an imaginary baby. At the same time, he was asking for eggs, toast, and bacon, so it seems like nothing has changed. The brain works, or doesn't work, in strange ways.

On Friday, dad let us me and Stace know that he was proud of us, and he thinks the family will be fine because we are all close and get along well ("I haven't seen any fights this year...well, there have been a couple fights..."). The difficult part left for us now is to tell him that we are proud of him, and yes, we will be fine, and he can leave us knowing that. Easier said than done. Or, more accurately, easier written than said.