Not too much news

Friday morning and the hospice nurse made a visit to our home. There have been no significant changes in JB's status over the week. Most of the week we have had coverage of spending time at home with JB as he is dealing with his late stage cancer. He is sleeping most of the time and remains mainly in a semi-conscience state when he does stir. Most of his communication revolves around dreams that are spinning in his head at the time. That makes it difficult to assess how he is feeling in regards to pain and comfort. We are doing our best to get the information from him to keep him supplied with the medications which are helping the pain.
Many friends and family have contacted us to inquire about his status in efforts to arrange time to visit. Our basic policy is going to be that anyone is welcome to visit knowing that JB is not usually interactive in a way we are all used to. As I mentioned, most of the time he is sleeping and when he wakes he might be aware of who is present but might communicate in non-sense language. We were told not to be contrary to his communication, rather to try to understand where he is at and comfort him if he is dealing with any strange or disturbing dreams.
JB's general vital statistics are fairly strong, a regular heart rate and blood pressure as well as no secondary sickness setting in. JB has always been vital and fit, and we expect athletic history will provide him with strength as other parts of his body become overwhelmed with the growing cancer. There is no way to determine exactly how much time his body will fight to stay alive. As I have mention, my main desire these last few weeks has been to hope that his mind could rise from the stupor such that we could be present with him. It is possible that the melanoma is reoccurring in his brain and other tumors might be affecting his thoughts, and it is possible the drugs affect his mind too. In all likelihood it is a combination of all of the above which presents us with the problems he deals with now.
I wish to express my gratitude to all the family and friends that are showing up and helping, along with those who desire to offer help in the upcoming days. I see the experience as traumatic for JB and all of us trying our best to help him, and thus our combined spirits and energies will be best utilized combined to keep everyone going strong through these difficult times.