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End Of Life... Nurse Says Death Is 'imminent'?

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LittleLentils · 03/04/2023 22:01

Hi everyone,

My relative has advanced COPD and lung cancer. He has been having end of life care for 3 weeks. Today things took a turn though, and the palliative nurse told us 'death is imminent'. He was crying out in pain for morphine and has been sleeping since it was administered.

Does anyone work in end of life care that can help me understand if she means hours/days/weeks? We are all with him now.

Thanks for any help x

OP posts:
Zonder · 05/04/2023 11:45

Good to know he's not in pain.

Username24680 · 05/04/2023 13:46

LittleLentils · 05/04/2023 10:25

Thanks for all of your replies. He woke up yesterday for a few hours and fell back asleep at 10pm. He's still asleep now. He seems to be hanging on longer than expected. They gave him an injection in his stomach yesterday that calmed him down a lot and he's been sleeping since. He spoke to us yesterday when he woke up and said he doesn't feel any pain. This gave me so much comfort.

@LittleLentils I’m glad he woke and was able to tell you that OP. That must bring a lot of comfort in this situation. Talk to him - tell him stories & happy memories, play music that he likes. All in his own time now ❤️ I hope he goes peacefully and you can be with him when he’s ready.

I hope you’re looking after yourself too 💐

Cannotthinkofanythingwitty · 05/04/2023 15:45

What a comfort that must be to hear that he’s not in pain and he knows that you are there 💐

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