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		<title>gathering</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[gathering monday 31st may 2010 12.30 onwards viewing/coffin decorating/soup 1.30???? 2.00????? meeting for worship to give thanks for grace of &#8221; &#8221; in the life of sandy parker shirley house 31 psalter lane nether edge sheffield s11 8yl uk. cremation 3pm tuesday 1st june 2010 hutcliff wood &#8220;what does &#8221; &#8221; require of you but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixinthecompost.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6350146&amp;post=214&amp;subd=thephoenixinthecompost&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>from sandy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[12 february 2010 &#8220;just let my blog go to sleep with me&#8221; 10.15am wednesday 10th march 2010 (r- final blog entry?) &#8220;i love you all&#8221; Filed under: Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixinthecompost.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6350146&amp;post=210&amp;subd=thephoenixinthecompost&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the phoenix   23 may 2010</title>
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		<title>walking in the grass 21 may 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 19:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[while una is with sandy i returned to cousin ruths. john and i took tea outside and i walked bare footed on the grass &#8211; first time for 11 weeks!! i drank the fresh air and sights and sounds of the garden &#8211; and i wanted sandy to be here, to be where we can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixinthecompost.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6350146&amp;post=203&amp;subd=thephoenixinthecompost&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>rae reports 21 may 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 19:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[thursday sandy awake 5amish. i hopped into his bed and cuddled. his voice sounds getting deeper and urgent &#8211; is he ok? have i done wrong in seeking caution with medication? has he been in pain?? who knows? staff who turned him thought he was ok, perhaps he is just letting us know he is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixinthecompost.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6350146&amp;post=201&amp;subd=thephoenixinthecompost&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>thursday 20th may 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 13:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[sandy is &#8220;less well&#8221; as the staff here say.. over the weekend his gentle &#8220;la la&#8217;s&#8221; have become more strident and stronger. for 3 or 4 nights it has been 4or 5am before he slept. then slept all day -one time for 20 hours! he has received various &#8220;extra&#8221; doses of medication..staff expressing concern for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixinthecompost.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6350146&amp;post=199&amp;subd=thephoenixinthecompost&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>lost hope 14th may 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 13:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[for several weeks i have kept the special reclining wheelchair for sandy parked in the bathroom. a symbol of hope, of the possibility of at least taking sandy out into the garden. after a while i was aware it would be highly unlikely that sandy would use it again but i was not ready to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixinthecompost.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6350146&amp;post=197&amp;subd=thephoenixinthecompost&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>pain or grief ? 15th may 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 12:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[i suspect sandy gets quite frustrated with the endless questions- (are you in pain? can i give you this injection? are you uncomfortable? is that ok?..) perhaps i am mad but I believe him to be a lot more present than people seem to think, perhaps this is just my wishfull thinking? took myself up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixinthecompost.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6350146&amp;post=195&amp;subd=thephoenixinthecompost&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>saturday 15th may 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 12:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[what to say? extra morphine and midazolm given in any 24 hour period then added to the next mixin the in situ syringe driver that gives constant background 24 hour delivery. so now on 20mg morphine and 15mg midazolon. i struggle with how to communicat with sandy. a nurse hearing loud sound vocalisation asks &#8220;are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixinthecompost.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6350146&amp;post=193&amp;subd=thephoenixinthecompost&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>bluebells wednesday 12 may 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 18:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[woke this morning to an anguished cry &#8220;he&#8217;s gone&#8230; he&#8217;s gone&#8221; may we live while we have breathe sandy slept 2am-10.30ish. physiotherapist then reiki people visited. lunch:soup, cod in cheese sauce, fruit una, margaret and peter visitng for tea. rae thinks she saw a flurry of snow early morning. had her hair washed. walked in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixinthecompost.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6350146&amp;post=191&amp;subd=thephoenixinthecompost&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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