Hello, we were told on Friday, by our dad's nursing home that dad possibly only had hours to live, and to come in and be with him, my dad is in the later stages of Alzheimer's. He's deteriorated significantly since Christmas. We all gathered at his bedside on Friday afternoon, his breathing was very laboured, he was grey, clammy, unconscious, this terrible breathing etc went on for the rest of the day and night, the NH can't get fluids in to him and we have a 'do not resuscitate in place'. I popped home then went back yesterday morning and he seemed improved! He had some colour back, breathing wasn't so bad and he was semi conscious although agitated, he does have though this awful chesty gurgling notice in his throat, he can't seem to clear the phelm, the nurse said he could go on for days like this. The pain of seeing him like this and my own anxiety on how long it's going to be and whether I should stay with him, go home, go back to work, cry, be normal is a struggle to cope with, although the NH have been very supportive and brilliant over the last 4years they don't seem to say too much about what's going to happen imminately? All the nurse does is shrug her shoulders and says it could be today it could be another week! Has anyone had a similar experience? I have a supportive family and we are close but I feel so alone in how I feel