My mum had a syringe driver fitted yesterday, as she's no longer able to take medication orally. She hasn't been eating properly for weeks now, and during the past couple of weeks no more than a spoonful of something like forticreme each day ... past couple of days, nothing at all.
She's had very little to drink for several weeks now - just the odd sip ... but she's not been drinking anything at all for the past couple of days ... I've just been wetting her lips with a sponge swab.
She's mostly sleeping and unresponsive ... just with occasional short bouts of being awake, but unable to communicate properly ... I think she sometimes knows what she wants to say, but can't make herself understood ... it's heartbreaking!
Realistically, how long can we expect mum to survive like this?
