Update: 04/02/06

Medications:

2 mg. Oral Lorazepam in 1 dose (for sleeping/anxiety).

180 mg. Extended Release Morphine Suppositories (2 doses).

90 mg. Extended Release Morphine Capsule (1 dose).

40-mg/400-mg. Diazepam 10-mg., Phenobarbital 100-mg. Suppositories (4 doses).

How Joann’s Day Went:

Condition unchanged. She is in a medically induced coma because of her pain. Joann’s son David and her sister Janie came down to see her today, which I thought went very well. They had a chance to say goodbye and the nurse (Ruth) who was present noted that it was the right time. Joann may have less than a week now. Except for the capsule of extended release morphine Joann took shortly after midnight, she is now on orals and suppository medication. At the time of this writing, she sleeps a deep sleep, is comfortable, and out of pain.