Eldavia
Member
- Joined
- Feb 2, 2018
- Messages
- 14
- Reason
- Lost a loved one
- Diagnosis
- 07/2017
- Country
- CA
- State
- BC
- City
- Victoria
Hi all,
I introduced my self a few weeks ago. Things then were sliding down the slippery slope with great speed, Ron's breathing was so shallow, unable to speak, , long agonizing choking and coughing spells, Using his neb and puffer more and more often... He finally relented and used some lorazepam which helped enough he was able to hang on long enough to get our Medically Assisted Death arranged and he passed peacefully in his chair on Friday Oct 26th with me, his brother and sister in law holding his hands. Soooo grateful we live in Canada and are able to have some control and die in dignity. He fought this monster with every ounce of himself until he could no more. It's been a week since he has passed, my first response was relief, his suffering was over. my only promise to him was to make sure he died on his own terms, and that happened. . MId week, I had a bad day , just wished he would come home now.... celebration of life was today, shared with 100 people that loved him almost as much as I did.. that felt good..... tomorrow.... who knows. . Thanks Laurie for reaching out and offering advice.. at that point Ron was too afraid to try any changes to his BiPap as he just couldn't cope with any thing new. Dira
I introduced my self a few weeks ago. Things then were sliding down the slippery slope with great speed, Ron's breathing was so shallow, unable to speak, , long agonizing choking and coughing spells, Using his neb and puffer more and more often... He finally relented and used some lorazepam which helped enough he was able to hang on long enough to get our Medically Assisted Death arranged and he passed peacefully in his chair on Friday Oct 26th with me, his brother and sister in law holding his hands. Soooo grateful we live in Canada and are able to have some control and die in dignity. He fought this monster with every ounce of himself until he could no more. It's been a week since he has passed, my first response was relief, his suffering was over. my only promise to him was to make sure he died on his own terms, and that happened. . MId week, I had a bad day , just wished he would come home now.... celebration of life was today, shared with 100 people that loved him almost as much as I did.. that felt good..... tomorrow.... who knows. . Thanks Laurie for reaching out and offering advice.. at that point Ron was too afraid to try any changes to his BiPap as he just couldn't cope with any thing new. Dira