got a call from NH this evening
Mums urine output is decreasing and very dark
oral intake decreasing
Do I want to call the doctor or just keep her comfortable
BTW I hate the phrase "resting comfortably"
my dad, when terminal, was often "resting comfortably"
my instinctive reply "call the doctor"
then DH and I went into the palliative care discussion..does it include calling the doctor?
I rang my old time nursing friend who told me to find out what pain relief measures were in use...I was pretty sure I knew that already.
end result, I rang the NH back and confirmed they are using paracetomal (sp) and opiate? patches
nurse confirmed that pain relief didnt seem to be adequate, so my instructions were to ask doctor to increase pain relief to morphine and no hospitalisation.
can anybody speculate on how long my mums piece of string is?
kind regards,
Jo
Mums urine output is decreasing and very dark
oral intake decreasing
Do I want to call the doctor or just keep her comfortable
BTW I hate the phrase "resting comfortably"
my dad, when terminal, was often "resting comfortably"
my instinctive reply "call the doctor"
then DH and I went into the palliative care discussion..does it include calling the doctor?
I rang my old time nursing friend who told me to find out what pain relief measures were in use...I was pretty sure I knew that already.
end result, I rang the NH back and confirmed they are using paracetomal (sp) and opiate? patches
nurse confirmed that pain relief didnt seem to be adequate, so my instructions were to ask doctor to increase pain relief to morphine and no hospitalisation.
can anybody speculate on how long my mums piece of string is?
kind regards,
Jo