Edical Cat
------by Joan M. Walker
The doctors nt my mother home to die. A fifteen-year survivor of breast cancer, she had suffered two heart attacks when advanced cancer ws found in her lung.
Mom had struggled to rai three daughters while holding a full-time job, yet worked hard to maintain a cozy home for her family. Growing up, I knew only two things about my mother: She had an iron will, and she loved nature. During her days of illness, she told me a third: “I’ve had a mirable life.”
My dad was a difficult man to live with, but my mom did not complain, probably becau she could not put words to her own need. But when it came clear that becau of her progressive deterioration(惩怎么组词恶化), my dad regarded her as a burden, she and I decided that she would move to my home.
全球最帅的男人 I had three weeks to make a myriad of arrangements. I changed my work schedule, foun
d transportation, an oncologist(肿瘤病医生师德考核自我评价), cardiologist（心脏病医生），hospice(晚期病人收容所) care, medical equipment, a caregiver and bather. My plan for Mom’ final days was simple: she would live with love, and die with grace.
Upon her arrival, after an exhausting five-hour trip, Mom was examined by the home health-care nur. The nur took me aside and asked, “ How long do you think your mother has?”
“Two, maybe three months,” I said.
The nur looked at me sadly. “adjust your thinking,” he said. “She has a few days, maybe a week. Her heart is weak and unstable. ”
My home, small and comfortable, was a haven to four cats and a golden retriver(猎犬). The animals had the run of my hou.
We installed the electric hospital bed and oxgen machines, which frightened the cats from the bedroom. I’d moved their furniture, and they were peeved. The retriver, on the ot
her hand, an immature dog with bad habits, was excited by all the changes in the hou. She jumped up, barked and shed(脱毛) more profuly than usual.
One cat, however, emed to adjust perfectly. Otto was the only one cat who was not afraid of the hospital bed, the oxygen machines or medical smells. Nor was he afraid of the frail woman who had scolded him down from the kitchen counter. Otto jumped onto the foot of Mom’s hospital bed, and stayed.
He was not startled by the nurs. He did not interfere when Mom was fed, nor when she was transferred from bed to commode(抽水马桶) and back. Whether the disturbance was from changing her bed or becau of bathing, he simply waited to resume his post. With the exception of eating and using the litter box, Otto never left Mom’s room.
洋葱炒肉片的家常做法
Days pasd, and Mom started to rally(恢复健康). “Not unusual,” I was told, “a rally is often a sign of imminent death.”
I grieved. But Otto would not give her up so easily. He ud her improved condition to r
eposition himlf from the foot of her bed to her side. Her thin fingers found his soft coat. He leaned into her body, as if clinging to the threads of her will to live. Though weak, she caresd the cat and would not allow me to take him.
Days turned into weeks and Mom continued to fight. Once, after the nurs had gone for the day, I heard the sound of Mom’s voice coming from her room. I found her with the head of the bed raid. Otto was tucked into the crook of her elbow, listening adoringly(崇拜地) as she read from the newspaper. I will forever cherish the memory of Mom’s face with Otto’s paw, claws retracted, caressing the side of her chin.
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