The liquid morphine has been causing nausea. At my last recertification (for hospice) he'd told the MAID concoction included 15,000 mg of the stuff. If .20 ml - a minuscule amount - induced vomiting, i wondered how i was gonna keep 15,000mg down long enough to expire.
It, the MAID kit, came in this black bag. It would've been nice to have a raven and the word Nevermore on it. Dr. Hawke said he had directed them to use a blue bag.
Here's the "kit."
The coded entry releases the steel cable.
Inside is a single bottle containing a blend of morphine, phenobarbitol & something specific to stop the heart, a relatively indefatigable organ.
To obviate any possibility of trouble, we settled on rectal delivery. You'd uh thunk I'd uh gotten details, but Hawk said it's actually his preferred method. The "usual" way is to create a solution and drink it. But everyone says it tastes terrible.
I'm not planning to use it soon; just like to be prepared.
I see it's got a bit of valium in there besides the phenobarbital and morphine...quite a cocktail. Glad you are not feeling the need to imbibe it soon...What I'm wondering is, how does anybody know what it tastes like? A tiny, tiny sip?
ReplyDeleteMorphine administrated rectally works well. Having dealt with a number of seniors struggling in their final hours the care staff will dole out rectal suppositories like candy. In the process of being accepting for the MAID assistance how do they know you're just not trying to deal with the neighbor's barking dog...or the neighbor who won't deal with their barking dark (asking for someone who lives next to a barking dog)?
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