Some Bad News

After a week of sharp decline, Jeannette's visiting nurse said today that she believes Jeannette has about a week left to live.  Tim has called Jeannette's sister and brother, and they are coming in on Saturday, along with Jeannette's nephew Hank. Tim's sister-in-law Lori is staying through until Friday afternoon now, to continue to help Jeannette and the family.

Father Feltz came to visit this afternoon to give Jeannette Communion and the Sacrament of the Sick.  She was awake and aware and able to talk to him.  However, she has been sleeping very deeply for most of the past 2 days.

Currently Jeannette is still at home, but the hope is to get her into Respite House (a local Hospice center) as soon as possible.  She has some dissolve-able morphine tablets that she has taken to help with her pain (which has really only started up in the past 24 hours).  She is resting very comfortably. 

Obviously the speed of this drastic negative change in Jeannette's condition has taken all of us by surprise.  Tim has asked that people please not call the house, since the family is emotionally and physically exhausted.  However, Emily's parents Bob and Kathy Bessette will have all the most recent updates, and would be more than happy to talk to people "live" if that is helpful.  Their home number is 802 849 6773 and their cell number is 802 309 4953.  The Wills family can probably use Lori as their source of information since she is with the family right now.  I will also update the website at least daily from here on out.