cristinasalsfight
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- Diagnosis
- 01/2006
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- us
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- california
- City
- san francisco
hello
my grandmother has had ALS diagnosed for 10 years.
the last 3-4 years bed ridden
no voice maybe 1-2% no movement , constant aspiration from food and water because she didn't want feeding tube and enjoys eating.
she is 78 years old
she now has severe pneumonia from aspiration and in the ICU treating it.
for 3 days on antibiotics the pneumonia has not got better but she is looking better then when it first happened 130 ppm heart rate , fever,
now its my choice as grandson and power of attorney to keep her in icu/treatment of pneumonia or put her in in patient hospice to let her pass.
i am unsure what to do.
she can still open her eyes once in a while and today we got a laugh out of her.
the treatment for pneumonia with all the breathing exercises and sucking up fluids via a tube through her nose now on a feeding tube through her other nostril. and taking antibiotics through iv.
i don't know what to do.
she expressed before that she is ready to go.
should i
continue to torture her with treatment to attempt to get back a baseline lower then before with a good chance of getting pneumonia from aspiration again.
or put her in an in patient hospice medicined up for her to pass peacefully.
i don't want her to suffer anymore but i don't want to kill her and give her the death sentence by sending her to in patient hospice to die.
dawwwwwwwwwww
im 30 with a finance and 2 year old baby.
i am her poa and i love her and I've slept in the hospital everyday since she's been there I've been her caregiver whipping butts and suctioning saliva and food from her mouth I've done my best. i just don't want to regret or feel i gave up.
please give me your advice , experience , thank you and god bless
my grandmother has had ALS diagnosed for 10 years.
the last 3-4 years bed ridden
no voice maybe 1-2% no movement , constant aspiration from food and water because she didn't want feeding tube and enjoys eating.
she is 78 years old
she now has severe pneumonia from aspiration and in the ICU treating it.
for 3 days on antibiotics the pneumonia has not got better but she is looking better then when it first happened 130 ppm heart rate , fever,
now its my choice as grandson and power of attorney to keep her in icu/treatment of pneumonia or put her in in patient hospice to let her pass.
i am unsure what to do.
she can still open her eyes once in a while and today we got a laugh out of her.
the treatment for pneumonia with all the breathing exercises and sucking up fluids via a tube through her nose now on a feeding tube through her other nostril. and taking antibiotics through iv.
i don't know what to do.
she expressed before that she is ready to go.
should i
continue to torture her with treatment to attempt to get back a baseline lower then before with a good chance of getting pneumonia from aspiration again.
or put her in an in patient hospice medicined up for her to pass peacefully.
i don't want her to suffer anymore but i don't want to kill her and give her the death sentence by sending her to in patient hospice to die.
dawwwwwwwwwww
im 30 with a finance and 2 year old baby.
i am her poa and i love her and I've slept in the hospital everyday since she's been there I've been her caregiver whipping butts and suctioning saliva and food from her mouth I've done my best. i just don't want to regret or feel i gave up.
please give me your advice , experience , thank you and god bless