Team No Sleep
Its been quite the Tornado of events lately! It's been really heartbreaking to see my normally strong and stubborn mom, so sad and broken. She's been breaking out into tears as soon as she sees people and constantly reminding me I have to take care of my sister. While sobbing, she told me she always thought she was strong, but she feels so useless now, and she's never been in so much pain in her life. Physically my mom is skin and bones, but her belly is bloated like a 4 month pregnant lady (due to damage to her stomach from radiation) Her legs and feet are also extremely swollen with fluid retention (most likely due to decreased liver or heart function) She has chronic spasm coughs that prevent her from sleeping, the only position she doesn't cough, is hunched over the dinner table like this. There are a million prescription bottles scattered over our dining table, all sorts of opiates, sleep aids, painkillers. But nothing seems to help. We purchased a