I've been awake for past 3 and a half hours with my mother who is (I'm told) in the finally stages of her illness. I realise that this could continue for weeks, months or longer and this makes me feel weary.
As my mother has been awake for so long I assume that something is wrong. She's not in distress, but can not communicate so I'm finding it hard to understand what she needs. I've tried to adjust her pillows, massage her legs and she has had more to drink in the past few hours than she has in the past few days. I don't know what else to do for her. Could she be hungry? I'm told that as her condition worsens she will not want or need to eat. What should I try to give her? She can not manage soft foods so I make soup out of everything just in case there is a chance that she is awake long enough to swallow something.
It's a very difficult time and I'm not sure what to do for the best.
