I know that some people aren't going to believe this, but I swear, I am not making this up. After almost 3 years as a hospice nurse I have heard it all (or so I thought.) I have had family members accuse me of "murdering" their loved ones with "that morphine, that ativan" and yes even "that haldol." Apparently, another favored method of mine is starving their loved ones to death. Never mind they have metastic cancer, advanced heart disease or chronic renal failure, it is MY actions that are killing them.
But until tonight I have never, ever been accused of killing a loved one by giving them cheese. You see, cheese causes yeast to grow in the digestive tract, which then causes histimines to form and stops the breathing. She also felt it was necessary to inform me that this will be reported, she didn't know to who yet, but she would be reporting it to someone. I mean, what do you say to that? I just said, I am so sorry if anything done for your spouse caused you more distress than you already have. *SIGH* Days like this I think I really need my head examined for coming back....