My thoughts are still with you Carara. Hope all is well. My mum's final illness was 14 days exactly start to finish and I notice you started this thread on 6 July. It surely can't be long now. Love to you all x
Just a thought but is it worth contacting the local hospice for some advice and support?
Hugs
Celia
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Carara;785943 [[I said:B]I honestly think she`s too poorly to travel now[/B][/I] ( silly me this one is immortal ) but may contact a hospice for advise later
Maybe she wants to say bye to her other son,he`s calling tonight so maybe things will change I`m not sure anymore
x x x
I honestly think she`s too poorly to travel now ( silly me this one is immortal ) but may contact a hospice for advise later
Maybe she wants to say bye to her other son,he`s calling tonight so maybe things will change I`m not sure anymore
x x x
Thankyou everyone
I shall make some calls in the morning if she`s still here and see if there is any help we can get for her
I may even ring her gp who could prescribed something to make her relax in a liquid form as he has already seen her so will know what she`s like
Her tongue is a light purple colour now
She`s is doing some reaching out and saying oh god but she is alot more content that during the night
By that I mean not going from side to side
x x x
Carara
The symptoms you are describing are typical of the anxiety brought on by lack of oxygen to the brain caused by continual shallow breathing.
There are drugs that can relieve this symptom,the best way to administer the drug is via syringe driver as part of a miscible cocktail which can be varied as required. Your GP and district nurse should be able to set this up, the driver is a small battery powered device and the injection is by a small sub cutaneous needle. It's part of the often maligned LCP which used correctly is brilliant.
I hope the end is peaceful, I know what you are going through as I went through it with my wife a few weeks ago, she had a syringe driver with two medications, one for pain the other to stop the death rattle.