Hi everyone.
I've tried to post this a few times and haven’t because I don’t wish to refresh painful memories in anyone yet I like to know some other peoples experiences.
My mum is now in hospital, after spending the last year in a care home. She has vas dem and I would say is in stage 7. My question is this, how do you know when the end is near? Mum has gone down hill dreadfully in the last month. (Unable to walk, feed herself, incontinent, also has some trouble swallowing.no appitite) She is on a soft diet. She went into hospital with an infection; she has a catheter and is on a drip as she is dehydrated. She just sits in a chair all day.
Sometimes I leave thinking she is going to die soon, and other times that this is just another awful stage she has got to, and it could go on for years.
I would appreciate any of your thoughts.
love claire
I've tried to post this a few times and haven’t because I don’t wish to refresh painful memories in anyone yet I like to know some other peoples experiences.
My mum is now in hospital, after spending the last year in a care home. She has vas dem and I would say is in stage 7. My question is this, how do you know when the end is near? Mum has gone down hill dreadfully in the last month. (Unable to walk, feed herself, incontinent, also has some trouble swallowing.no appitite) She is on a soft diet. She went into hospital with an infection; she has a catheter and is on a drip as she is dehydrated. She just sits in a chair all day.
Sometimes I leave thinking she is going to die soon, and other times that this is just another awful stage she has got to, and it could go on for years.
I would appreciate any of your thoughts.
love claire