Endgame
That was fast. Mom went into hospice two and a half weeks ago. In that time, she's been switched from hydrocodone to morphine. When we were talking to the nurse about her pain, Mom mentioned that she didn't care for hydrocodone, but she did like morphine. With a devilish little smile, no less. The nurse laughed and said "We can do that," and Mom replied "Yes, please!" She was started on morphine and was a bit more comfortable, but still had pain - so a few days later, her dose was doubled, giving her two extended release doses, and up to three doses (1 every 8 hours) of fast-acting morphine for breakthrough pain. At that level, she was taking two out of the three breakthrough doses - and still having pain. I asked her if she wanted to up her dosage again and she said yes, but she didn't want to turn into a junkie. I told her - we're only giving you as much as it takes to get rid of your pain; we just don't know what that is yet - so...