Stories from Caregivers: Angela from KANSAS

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Angela

FROM KANSAS

Hi my name is Angela. I took care of my Uncle John. He has been very sick and has been in and out of the hospital and rehabilitation centers quite a few times - he keeps getting pneumonia. He also has got congestive heart failure. He's 68 years old. Right before Christmas in 2017 he came to stay with me from Omaha, Nebraska. When he got here I wasn't sure if I brought him here to nurse him back to health or to see him die. It wass really rough at first. Giving him all of his medications, maintaining appointments for new doctors, taking him to all the specialist that he needed. Well it's September 2019 and he has since moved back to Omaha and is driving and going out some. He is still pretty sick but he's living a life now. It took me seven months to get him healthy and I hope I don't have to do it again but I will if I need to. Thank you for listening.

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