It was with great sadness that we learnt that Palliverse contributor Elizabeth Caplice had died.
Click here to read Ginger Gorman’s report.
Thank you Elizabeth for your contributions to Palliverse, and for your advocacy for Palliative Care.
Thank you for trying to make the world a better place.
We’d like to extend our deepest condolences to Alex and your loved ones.
Rest in peace Elizabeth.
James Jap on behalf of the Palliverse community.
Cape Reinga the northern-most tip of New Zealand, where the spirits of Maori depart on their final journeys. Photo by Gadfium.
The first time I met the young ladies I had been cross-covering at the hospital, and was taken to see each of them as they both had severe pain and discomfort. They came from completely different backgrounds, had lived completely different lives but somehow ended up on the same journey.
About a week or so later they had both been admitted into our inpatient unit for pain control. Adjustments were made and they became more comfortable, but a few days later pain had returned again, as well as other problems. We had to aim at constantly moving targets, and so it would be over the next three months of their individual roller-coaster rides.
The similarities were startling; the same diagnosis, the same poor response to treatment, and in the end the same prognosis. What was completely different was their individual experiences of the same outcome. Continue reading
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