The morbid speculation on here is revolting.
Even if people have had loved ones in similar conditions, you have no idea what is going on unless you are actually there, because one persons life is never the same as another’s.
When I was in hospital a couple of years ago there were 90 plus year olds who were very seriously ill and yet perfectly conscious.
He has a stent following a blocked artery. Developing an infection would therefore already make him susceptible to endocarditis or at the very least for his heart to be weakened. It therefore stands to reason that he would be transferred to a major cardiac hospital.
If I get any kind of e.g. chest infection I am to contact my cardiologist, and if things get worse I am to be blue-lighted to that hospital where if necessary. Will be transferred to Papworth. This is the way things progress. That doesn’t mean I will be unconscious or not have capacity, these things take on different forms.
I was perfectly conscious the night I had to be defibrilated and then rushed to ICU, and I had conversations with the nurses, and when I asked for sedation I was told I couldn’t have any because if I lost consciousness they needed to know if it was because of my low BP or because of sedation therefore I had to be awake while they inserted neck lines, central lines, etc etc. And when i asked if I was going to die they couldn’t give me a straight answer.
So stop speculating on someone’s condition you know absolutely nothing about other than from the vulture press who give half the facts and then make up the rest.