Beer Party!
Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!
I'm spending this weekend with my wife, and I still have a cough due to chest congestion, so I did not volunteer at the hospice today. So, I'll tell you of a visit some years ago that I remember.
I was visiting with many patients and family member that afternoon as the hospice was very busy. I came out of a room and started to talk with the nurses at the nurses station. I had just made them some coffee and cleaned up a bit.
I then observed a large Hispanic family coming down the hallway caring bags and pulling a large cooler! I asked the nurse as to what was going on with that family. She said with a smile that the patient is having a birthday party, because it is his birthday today.
For his birthday the patient wanted a beer party with his friends and family! Drinking beer or other bad habits for hospice patients is now a comfort and not a bad habit! If drinking beer will give this man comfort in his last days, then it okay with hospice. Hospice care is all about comfort.
I did not go into the room because it was a private party and the room was full. But from several feet away it sounded like they were having a great time together! This was the patients last birthday and they sounded like they were going to make it memorable for the whole family!
Have you been to a family beer party lately? Can you tell me about it in the comments section?
Brother Roop
I'm spending this weekend with my wife, and I still have a cough due to chest congestion, so I did not volunteer at the hospice today. So, I'll tell you of a visit some years ago that I remember.
I was visiting with many patients and family member that afternoon as the hospice was very busy. I came out of a room and started to talk with the nurses at the nurses station. I had just made them some coffee and cleaned up a bit.
I then observed a large Hispanic family coming down the hallway caring bags and pulling a large cooler! I asked the nurse as to what was going on with that family. She said with a smile that the patient is having a birthday party, because it is his birthday today.
For his birthday the patient wanted a beer party with his friends and family! Drinking beer or other bad habits for hospice patients is now a comfort and not a bad habit! If drinking beer will give this man comfort in his last days, then it okay with hospice. Hospice care is all about comfort.
I did not go into the room because it was a private party and the room was full. But from several feet away it sounded like they were having a great time together! This was the patients last birthday and they sounded like they were going to make it memorable for the whole family!
Have you been to a family beer party lately? Can you tell me about it in the comments section?
Brother Roop
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