Hi everybody,
Well, it's been over three weeks since mum was admitted to hospital with aspiration pneumonia. Since then she's had another stroke- this time on her right side and another bout of pneumonia. She's still fighting but is not yet swallowing which means she's been on a drip for three weeks with no other nutrients as she won't tolerate a naso gastric tube.
I honestly don't know how she's still here but she is and she still wakes up and recognises us. Yesterday she asked me what had I got to eat!!!
The hospital are amazing and the consultant is very honest. He said that if she has a third bout of pneumonia they might not be able to treat her with anymore antibiotics as the second course has given her diarrohea.
I'm so up and down with it all. I have made it clear that I will not be able to make a decision to withdraw treatment. I have had to dig very deep to make this decision but mum and I never talked about end of life and she is such a fighter that I cannot make this decision on her behalf. I have said to the consultant that I will support a medical decision if it is in her best interests.
So, I don't know where we are going at the moment. I do know that mum is getting the best care possible and it has brought her partner and me closer together.
Just have to wait and see what's next.
Well, it's been over three weeks since mum was admitted to hospital with aspiration pneumonia. Since then she's had another stroke- this time on her right side and another bout of pneumonia. She's still fighting but is not yet swallowing which means she's been on a drip for three weeks with no other nutrients as she won't tolerate a naso gastric tube.
I honestly don't know how she's still here but she is and she still wakes up and recognises us. Yesterday she asked me what had I got to eat!!!
The hospital are amazing and the consultant is very honest. He said that if she has a third bout of pneumonia they might not be able to treat her with anymore antibiotics as the second course has given her diarrohea.
I'm so up and down with it all. I have made it clear that I will not be able to make a decision to withdraw treatment. I have had to dig very deep to make this decision but mum and I never talked about end of life and she is such a fighter that I cannot make this decision on her behalf. I have said to the consultant that I will support a medical decision if it is in her best interests.
So, I don't know where we are going at the moment. I do know that mum is getting the best care possible and it has brought her partner and me closer together.
Just have to wait and see what's next.