rosec
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Aug 2, 2012
- Messages
- 330
- Reason
- Lost a loved one
- Diagnosis
- 11/2009
- Country
- US
- State
- CA
- City
- Costa Mesa
Last night my PALS woke me up and wanted to sit up be cause he said he felt like he couldn't breathe. So I had to get the hoyer lift and transfer him out of bed and into a chair. After using the cough machine a few times to clear up, he felt better, and I gave him some Ibuprofen before he went back to sleep.
I am used to being awoken by my PALS a couple times in the night to help him turn in bed. I can do that without turning on the lights and fall right back to sleep. In the past few weeks though, once every other night or so, he wakes me up and asks for some Ibuprofen/Acetaminophen because he was in some sort of pain. But last night it felt different, he looked more tired and distressed.
He switched from a BiPAP to Trilogy about 3 months ago. He has a PEG tube.
We are planning to get hospice involved in his care next week. What options should we consider about the breathing problem, if it is something hospice can provide?
I am used to being awoken by my PALS a couple times in the night to help him turn in bed. I can do that without turning on the lights and fall right back to sleep. In the past few weeks though, once every other night or so, he wakes me up and asks for some Ibuprofen/Acetaminophen because he was in some sort of pain. But last night it felt different, he looked more tired and distressed.
He switched from a BiPAP to Trilogy about 3 months ago. He has a PEG tube.
We are planning to get hospice involved in his care next week. What options should we consider about the breathing problem, if it is something hospice can provide?