Elderly (80) DF has ended up in hospital with Covid/Pneumonia.
He's blind, with some short term memory loss, so we have managed to be able to stay with him at all times as he needs constant care and 'eyes on'. Otherwise he'll keep removing his oxygen and IV etc thinking he's at home.
The hospital have been really understanding and he's in a side room.
He used to be really fit and strong but in the last few years has undergone radiotherapy and become weaker.
Having thought we were going to lose him on the first night, and been told to prepare for that, he has made a lot of progress and is now eating, drinking & on 4 litres on oxygen. It's day 5.
I suppose I just want a bit of a hand hold, and to know if anyone else has been through similar with any elderly relatives and how their recovery went?
For the moment, he is so reliant on oxygen, I can't see him coming some for a while and that really worries me. He's not getting much real rest as he is constantly obsessing over his position in the bed, and readjusting himself, and taking of his nasal tube etc.
Having just lost both my In Laws in the last 2 months, and seen how quickly they deteriorated in hospital, I am so conscious of how things can go. Not to mention the toll it's taking on my DM with the shifts shared with me and DB on being with him all the time.