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Victor Sloski learned that he had lung cancer when he was 57. The news was hard to take. He had lived happily with Shirley, his live-in companion, for 20 years. Still, when experimental treatments failed, he was prepared to die, hoping the end would come soon. It didn’t. His cancer metastasized from his lungs to his stomach, spleen, colon, and finally, to his brain, causing him to go blind. The palliative care team offered to arrange an admission to the inpatient unit, but Mr. Sloski insisted that he wanted home care. He wanted to die at home regardless of how ill he became. Victor Sloski did die at home. Afterward, Shirley said, “Caring for a dying husband was the biggest challenge of my life. But if I had to do it all over again, I would do it.” Getting to that point had been very hard. At times Shirley felt that she was too exhausted, emotionally and physically, to go on. |
