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A few years ago my 90 year old grandma had a stroke in her sleep and the doctors told us she'd never really have any more quality of life and what's usually don
by stef25 8y ago
A few years ago my 90 year old grandma had a stroke in her sleep and the doctors told us she'd never really have any more quality of life and what's usually done is just pull out the sugar drip and basically wait for her to (for lack of better word) starve to death.
After a day or two with no food or water she'd drift in and out of consciousness. It was amazing how she would even refuse my offer of wetting her lips with a sponge.
During a time I was alone with her, her breathing became so heavy, this rattling sound. I asked a nurse "can't you give her something" and he gave her a shot of morphine and a few min later the breathing stopped and that was that. It was quite a humbling experience.
Another thing that comes to mind is the "Brompton cocktail", a mix of morphine/heroin, cocaine, alcohol and thorazine against the nausea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brompton_cocktail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brompton_cocktail
- jonhendry18 8y agoWhen my dad was dying it took 4 days after he became unresponsive. They administered morphine all along but not enough in one dose to be fatal. The rattling came on day 2-3, then quieted down. The strange(?) thing was that he lost consciousness and became unresponsive shortly after my brother arrived at the hospital. My brother was the last of the immediate, local family to arrive. My dad acknowledged his presence and in a few minutes was unconscious. Then on the fourth day he passed shortly after his grandkids arrived from the airport.
- cinspicuous 8y agohttp://charltonteaching.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-brompton-cocktail-and-decline-of.html http://charltonteaching.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-brompton-co...