Chapter 4
By the next week, Jed was in and out of consciousness. The girls had been called to come home and they were as upset as their mother. All of them knew that it wouldn't be long.
A hospice had finally been called in because Abbey had decided that she couldn't handle this alone. The hospice staff took over his care and his pain treatment. They were aware of the President's wishes and tried to maintain some semblance of wakefulness and at the same time maintain his comfort.
It was a losing game.
Finally, on Abbey's directions and the approval of the Hospice Medical Director, the hospice staff kept the morphine drip at high enough levels that the pain was in complete control. But that meant Jed was unconscious for most of the time. Abbey especially missed the conversations, but they had told each other a lot in the last few weeks.
The press got wind of the President's deteriorating condition and started swarming over the property. Abbey asked CJ to come up and handle them. CJ was grateful that she could be of service.
The former senior staff wanted to come, but Abbey requested only their prayers. After being on public display for so many years, she wanted to cherish the small amount of time she had left with her husband and to do so in private.