horsegal5
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My dad has Alzheimers with Lewey bodies, and he is in the final stages of it.
He no longer has a gag reflex, so he can not swallow or eat anymore. They tried a stomach tube a couple of months ago, but he pulled it out within a day or two.
Just a few weeks ago he choked on his food and turned blue and almost died, he came out of it, and then last week ended up in hospital with pneumonia(he was in a nursing home)
So now he either got a stomach tube again or he dies (basically by starving)
The doctor thinks he will just pull it out again and even if he doesn't he can still asperate(food in his lungs) which will make him sick again.
He does have a living will and he and my mom spoke about this before hand to a point, and he has a do not resesate order, but I didn't think it would come down to starving him to death....
I know he wouldn't want to live this way and he is going to die, but its very hard to see your father die in this manner.
He just stares at me, and I feel like I should be helping him not letting him go...
Has anyone else had a family member die this way?
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He no longer has a gag reflex, so he can not swallow or eat anymore. They tried a stomach tube a couple of months ago, but he pulled it out within a day or two.
Just a few weeks ago he choked on his food and turned blue and almost died, he came out of it, and then last week ended up in hospital with pneumonia(he was in a nursing home)
So now he either got a stomach tube again or he dies (basically by starving)
The doctor thinks he will just pull it out again and even if he doesn't he can still asperate(food in his lungs) which will make him sick again.
He does have a living will and he and my mom spoke about this before hand to a point, and he has a do not resesate order, but I didn't think it would come down to starving him to death....
I know he wouldn't want to live this way and he is going to die, but its very hard to see your father die in this manner.
He just stares at me, and I feel like I should be helping him not letting him go...
Has anyone else had a family member die this way?
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