As many regular members will know, mum is now in late stages of terminal cancer and mid-stage Alz+LBD.
The last couple of days I and the nurses have been puzzling her wakefulness and lucidity. Yes, she is hallucinating and she has told us she is hearing voices but she says everyone is friendly so it's not the biggest concern ..... could it be her LBD? Could it be the morphine? By all accounts the dosage of morphine she is on would render any other mortal soul completely 'zonked' (sorry, best word I can find). They cannot understand why it is not completely knocking her out ......
Maybe I'm sat here trying to make sense of everything that's going on ....... but I have found as mum's morphine dose has increased so has her mental ability? Bizarre? One-off case? (Mum's always been a battler defying docs for many years) ... or is there something here .....? One nurse started to ponder neuro-receptors .... lost me completely - I know a bandage from a tube of antiseptic and that's my lot ......
Any ideas?
Karen
The last couple of days I and the nurses have been puzzling her wakefulness and lucidity. Yes, she is hallucinating and she has told us she is hearing voices but she says everyone is friendly so it's not the biggest concern ..... could it be her LBD? Could it be the morphine? By all accounts the dosage of morphine she is on would render any other mortal soul completely 'zonked' (sorry, best word I can find). They cannot understand why it is not completely knocking her out ......
Maybe I'm sat here trying to make sense of everything that's going on ....... but I have found as mum's morphine dose has increased so has her mental ability? Bizarre? One-off case? (Mum's always been a battler defying docs for many years) ... or is there something here .....? One nurse started to ponder neuro-receptors .... lost me completely - I know a bandage from a tube of antiseptic and that's my lot ......
Any ideas?
Karen