BOTH

I did two hospice admissions back-to-back today.  I didn’t realize the many coincidences between the two families until I returned back to the office and started my documentation.  It triggered me to think about both families and how similar their lives were.  What was wonderful was that their coincidences were all positive attributes.  

Both families were struggling appropriately as their loved ones were in a decline and needing more help.  Both wives worried about how they could care for their husband as his needs increased.  Fortunately, both families have the funds to hire private caregivers as needed.  

I was honored to have met both of these families.  Their love and support for each other, along with their strong spirituality, I know, will help them as their loved one’s disease progresses.  Both families appreciated hospice support knowing that they can call at any time for help.  God bless all of them.

BOTH

 

A coincidence is defined by Webster as

“A striking occurrence of two

or more events at one time

apparently by mere chance.”

 

I truly don’t believe in coincidences.

To me, they are genuinely signs from above.

We are meant to take notice;

to learn; to grow; to enlighten.

 

I did two admissions today.

Both were elderly men with dementia.

They lived in the same town

about two miles away from each other.

 

Both men were near ninety years old.

Each has been in a recent decline;

becoming weaker, sleeping more

while needing much more help and support.

 

Both were UC Davis college professors.

Their intellect being their biggest loss.

Both had one son and two daughters;

with only one child living nearby.

 

Both were Jewish and attended

the same synagogue in town.

The rabbi has visited both homes

as their faith helps them cope most of all.

 

I have never met either family before, but

in the first home, the wife asked the same thing

as the daughter did in the second home.

“I think I know you?  Have we met?”

 

Two families coping as best as they could

with a strong faith and a loving family.

Both guided strongly from above.

It doesn’t get any better than that.