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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]what's up with the woman in hospice?  I don't understand the relationship with her husband.  do they like each other?  does she feel bad that he has to deal with her?[/quote]

I think she wants to end it/her life. She seems ready to go. They gave her that super powerful oxy pill because they thought she was being discharged and would need a bridge until her morphine drip machine was delivered to her house. She may be trying to OD on purpose. Heart breaking.[/quote]

I'm not sure she isn't just going to ask to go into a residential hospice rather than hospice at home.  I think she's realizing she's more comfortable having nurses care for her than her family because of the professional boundaries.[/quote]

I agree with this take. When Princess came in to help her with the bedpan and they had the conversation about how Princess handles her job, it was really telegraphing the benefits of having a professional caregiver over a family member. Princess (or a hospice worker) has done this a million times before. She is not grossed out by the bodily fluids or surprised or stressed by the pain. She can do things efficiently and correctly, the first time. And then her caregiving ends, and she gets off shift and goes home and watches Love Island so she can come back on her next shift recharged.

A spouse, with young kids, caring for his dying wife can't do any of that. He's learning all of it for the first time. He makes mistakes. He gets tired and there's no one to relieve him. He's also emotionally attached to the person he's caring for in a way a nurse is appropriately not, he's essentially already grieving, plus trying to help their kids through it. It's a nightmare, and watching that as you suffered in pain and knowing you were dying would be incredibly guilt inducing.

If you've ever been hospitalized with a serious injury or illness, you get this. I remember being discharged after a hospital stay and watching my DH get the medication instructions and looking overwhelmed. Meanwhile I'm still on meds and in pain and have to rely on him. It's hard, and that was just for post-op on a surgery to fix a non-life-threatening problem. To go through that with stage 4 cancer for seven years? My heart breaks for people in that situation. I totally get why she'd be opting for hospice care but also how hard it would be for her husband to accept that choice. It's just a thorny, emotionally-fraught situation. I thought the show handled it really well.[/quote]

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