Rachel Waters
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 24 Jul
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Which was the source of conflict, right?
Because we and my friend Allison, who was also a hospice nurse, was coming in and examining her.
And she was like, I don't know why they're declining to prescribe this.
This is very unusual.
This is not the standard of care.
The nurse who came to the house for weekly visits at the time explained, you know, this is what these medications are for, especially if she begins to experience pain or respiratory distress during the dying process.
Here's the emergency hotline number.
This is what you call if you start to see these symptoms.
And we can walk you through the administration of these medications, but you'll essentially be expected to administer them at home, especially in the event if your loved one can't administer themselves.
And it's generally assumed that your loved one can't if they're actively dying.
And that was my mom fighting for air.
And I knew from a booklet that actually my hospice nurse friend, Alison, had given me about what to expect at the end, the explanation of agonal breathing and this mandibular breathing where they sort of just thrust their and smash their teeth together in an effort to kind of gulp or swallow air.
That is a sign of impending death.
It usually happens anywhere from three or four hours to 20 minutes before death.
Which would enable the workers at the facility to administer the medications, right?
We did not want the responsibility for that because it is an utterly nerve-wracking thing already to watch your parent die, much less be responsible for their comfort care.
So at that point, seeing my mom in this desperate agony, hungering for air, I ran all the way to the front desk and said, please, please tell me that comfort kit prescription has come through with morphine because my mom needs it now.
And at that point, my husband's like, I can get it from the car and we can call the hospice hotline and see what we can do.
And so that's exactly what happened is he went and he got the kit from the car and I called the emergency hotline and I explained her symptoms to the woman who was on the line.
And one of the things I asked, I said, even though she's in memory care, is it legal for me to give her medication here?
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