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Having seen a similar case, this is truly a traumatic ordeal for the patient’s family (and possibly the patient too, though we don’t know how they feel in that
by aborsy 6y ago
Having seen a similar case, this is truly a traumatic ordeal for the patient’s family (and possibly the patient too, though we don’t know how they feel in that state).
Keeping such person alive is a huge project. A team of experts is needed, not to treat the patient, but to help prevent his/her situation getting worse. I mean, you need several people just to move the patient.
Eventually, the support wears down and the family goes from the help mode to, well, let the next infection take its course.
It’s a dead end and I don’t wish that for my worst enemy.
Brain diseases are horrible. I would take cancer anytime!
- dr_dshiv 6y agoMy father passed away from a rare small cell prostate cancer last year. I didn't know at the time, but the median survival rate was 9 months -- and the rate hadn't changed since the 70s. So, he had a little less than a year to get his things in order -- and then passed swiftly from complete liver failure. I look back and feel very blessed -- he had a really beautiful passing, which i didn't even know was possible.