Sharon Silliman & Bill Thayer
Submitted by Bobbi Jo Schaffnit, daughter
For our family, hospice was a godsend. My dad, Bill Thayer, died in April 2015. In the years before that, hospice helped him and our family to care for him at home. At first, he wasn’t sure, but after a couple of stops he was more accepting. He’d had some trauma in the Korean War that started to come out in a way of coping by passing out to shut it off. One of the ladies came and sang his favorite country songs, which calmed him. That was so wonderful.
The hospice staff are all very special. It takes a certain brand of person, and nobody does it better.
My mom, Sharon Silliman, also passed away in June of 2015. The hospice staff were wonderful. I am her only daughter, so if not for hospice, she would have passed alone. She knew Dad was sick, so she didn’t want to burden me. The hospice nurse told her to call me, or they would have to. So, she did, and the nurse let me know how bad it was.
A week after I arrived, she passed. Hospice was there to help this Iowa girl get things done after her passing. They helped me at every turn. As far as I’m concerned, hospice are angels on Earth.
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