my hero dad is finally losing the fight and has a day or two left. wierdly its not the cancer thats beaten him. he treated cancer like the coward that it is. he got pneumonia about a month ago and went down hill from there. on friday he was bedbound and assessed and fasttracked. given four care visits a day and saturday given a night carer to stay overnight which has been changed to a nurse so anticipatory meds can be given straight away if needed. he has fluid on the lung with infection and infection in the bladder. saturday he could about talk but today hes largely unresponsive but does acnolage you. he cannot eat or drink without choking so is not getting any fluid. i understand that morphene cannot be given unless needed but i wish it could be so he at least wouldnt be aware and be out of pain when the time comes. I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT MERCY KILLING BUT RATHER NUMBING HIS MIND TO WHATS HAPPENING. my issue is that hes having to spend his final time without any strong meds but we wouldnt do that to an animal.
i cannot fault the carers and the nurse from the hospice. theyve been a godsend and supportive and understanding
just an update. thanks for the kind comments. after 7 days we have finally gotten the coroner to give the go ahead for the death certificate. this isnt thier fault but rather the fault of medical center. yesterday we spoke to the gp boss and after ripping them a new one they have been rushing to get it sorted. the medical center have turned a sad time into a rage fueled headache. the coroner want to know why they havent done the job as do the funeral home. at least its now being sorted
Hello Neilo
Thanks for the update - it's good everything is now moving on - please can you remove the name of the medical centre - you can edit the post by clicking on "more". Just "it;s the fault of the medical centre" is fine.
Thanks - Brian,

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