thank you all for your input. she is a special lady who has won us all over. i asked her last night if she would like me to call her husband and inform him (medically) how she is doing, she said yes....
this problem has weighed on my mind for what feels like forever. i have been assigned to a terminal cancer patient (adenocarcinoma) originally given 6 mos to live upon her arrival here, fast fwd 2 yrs...