Same when my dad was dying from cancer a few years ago. He was prescribed ice cream with "sprinkles" in an effort to get his caloric intake up. In the end the

Same when my dad was dying from cancer a few years ago. He was prescribed ice cream with "sprinkles" in an effort to get his caloric intake up. In the end the cancer still got him, but it was less painful than the alternative of, essentially, starving to death.