Sarah Wildman
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And to your question on hospice, hospice was introduced to us not as she's dying and she's going on hospice. It was introduced because later that fall, after she'd actually bounced back, I mean, she had, after that brain surgery, after that first brain tumor, two weeks later, she was on a surfboard. She read 15 books. She joined a pottery class. She traveled. She got a few weeks. Of life.
And to your question on hospice, hospice was introduced to us not as she's dying and she's going on hospice. It was introduced because later that fall, after she'd actually bounced back, I mean, she had, after that brain surgery, after that first brain tumor, two weeks later, she was on a surfboard. She read 15 books. She joined a pottery class. She traveled. She got a few weeks. Of life.
And to your question on hospice, hospice was introduced to us not as she's dying and she's going on hospice. It was introduced because later that fall, after she'd actually bounced back, I mean, she had, after that brain surgery, after that first brain tumor, two weeks later, she was on a surfboard. She read 15 books. She joined a pottery class. She traveled. She got a few weeks. Of life.
But that fall, she was in terrible pain. And in the hospital, they said to me, hospitals and pediatrics is different for adults. In adults, you give up options of curative care. But for children, since Obamacare, you can have concurrent care. You can continue curative treatments. You can enter into drug trials. You won't be giving anything up. You will just get some extra assistance at home.
But that fall, she was in terrible pain. And in the hospital, they said to me, hospitals and pediatrics is different for adults. In adults, you give up options of curative care. But for children, since Obamacare, you can have concurrent care. You can continue curative treatments. You can enter into drug trials. You won't be giving anything up. You will just get some extra assistance at home.
But that fall, she was in terrible pain. And in the hospital, they said to me, hospitals and pediatrics is different for adults. In adults, you give up options of curative care. But for children, since Obamacare, you can have concurrent care. You can continue curative treatments. You can enter into drug trials. You won't be giving anything up. You will just get some extra assistance at home.
You'll have home nursing. But it turned out, first of all, where I live, there wasn't a home nursing option within our hospice care insurance benefit, one. And two, when the hospice nurse called for the intake... I said, we're starting a drug trial. You know, we're not giving up concurrent care. We've agreed to talk to you because we need some home assistance.
You'll have home nursing. But it turned out, first of all, where I live, there wasn't a home nursing option within our hospice care insurance benefit, one. And two, when the hospice nurse called for the intake... I said, we're starting a drug trial. You know, we're not giving up concurrent care. We've agreed to talk to you because we need some home assistance.
You'll have home nursing. But it turned out, first of all, where I live, there wasn't a home nursing option within our hospice care insurance benefit, one. And two, when the hospice nurse called for the intake... I said, we're starting a drug trial. You know, we're not giving up concurrent care. We've agreed to talk to you because we need some home assistance.
And she said, yes, but you know that they told me she has six months to live, right? And I said, no, you're the first to tell me that.
And she said, yes, but you know that they told me she has six months to live, right? And I said, no, you're the first to tell me that.
And she said, yes, but you know that they told me she has six months to live, right? And I said, no, you're the first to tell me that.
And she actually had an idea for a podcast. It's a little bit like what Shannon Doherty ended up doing herself, although this didn't exist at the time. She told me she wanted to create a podcast, conversations with her until she died. They would have this sort of frisson of anxiety about it, you know, how you wouldn't know how long it would last. And so, which was very, very funny.
And she actually had an idea for a podcast. It's a little bit like what Shannon Doherty ended up doing herself, although this didn't exist at the time. She told me she wanted to create a podcast, conversations with her until she died. They would have this sort of frisson of anxiety about it, you know, how you wouldn't know how long it would last. And so, which was very, very funny.
And she actually had an idea for a podcast. It's a little bit like what Shannon Doherty ended up doing herself, although this didn't exist at the time. She told me she wanted to create a podcast, conversations with her until she died. They would have this sort of frisson of anxiety about it, you know, how you wouldn't know how long it would last. And so, which was very, very funny.
She once had a text argument with a friend and the friend said, I think you're being, you sound strange and Orly texted, well, I'm literally dying. Yeah.
She once had a text argument with a friend and the friend said, I think you're being, you sound strange and Orly texted, well, I'm literally dying. Yeah.
She once had a text argument with a friend and the friend said, I think you're being, you sound strange and Orly texted, well, I'm literally dying. Yeah.
because she was an adolescent you know and at the same time she very much did not want to die and she would tell us sometimes she would cry about it uh in one email that i read that she sent to someone that was not me she said she learned how far the metastases had gone and in that fall of 2022 the cancer spread further and she said no one is talking about a miracle
because she was an adolescent you know and at the same time she very much did not want to die and she would tell us sometimes she would cry about it uh in one email that i read that she sent to someone that was not me she said she learned how far the metastases had gone and in that fall of 2022 the cancer spread further and she said no one is talking about a miracle