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They have started a sryinge driver tonight, its the start of the end now [sad]

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gigglepin · 16/02/2012 20:06

MIL.
Macmillan have been this afternoon.
She struggling to get out of bed now.
Nursing team coming in 3 times a day.

Its al happened so quickly.
Sad

OP posts:
ggirl · 17/02/2012 19:27

Hi I am community nurse , if your MIL is vomiting they can add some drugs in her syringe driver to help with that. Make sure the nurses know she's vomiting.

Hope she's peaceful this evening

Avenged · 17/02/2012 21:58

Hi OP. How are you bearing up so far?

gigglepin · 18/02/2012 09:14

She has a wee coctail of drugs in her syringe driver, they say one is anti sickness but dh hasnt asked what it is exactly.
She is still very very nauseous despite this.
I think that they need to review this and change it or increase it to maximum therapuetic dose.

Her commode arrived last night...after much pushing and insistiing by bil, she has obvious pain and discomfort when they try to sit her up to transfer her onto it. BIL feels ver very uncomfortable doing this for his mother. FIL is upset becuase he feels that he is hurting her unnecisarily as he doesnt know how to move & handle her correctly.

She needs to be in the Hospice, they said that they cannot do anything because it is weekend, and anyway there is no bed.

So, the nurses are going in 5 times a day. What if she becomes incontinent and they have to wait for the nurses to come to clean her up though?

The syringe driver is in her arm, so she is unable to lie on that side, she is becoming sore...we are told that the matress is "on order".

The syringe driver needs to go into her abdomen so that she can be nursed side to side.
Im frustrated, as a nurse myself, i feel i want to go, but i dont have that kind of relationship with the pil.

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storytopper · 18/02/2012 09:56

Sorry to hear about your MIL, giggle pin -I have been following your thread. My BIL died in a Marie Curie hospice yesterday. Very peaceful with all family there. He had been in and out of the hospice for a couple of months. He got a hospice place because he was diagnosed 20 months ago so he was on the radar. NHS have also been fantastic. We are in Scotland. I hope your MIL has a swift and peaceful passing. I'm sure your FIL and BIL would appreciate your expert practical help if you could bring yourself to do it. Offer and see what they say.

gigglepin · 18/02/2012 10:04

oh storytopper so so sorry for your loss.
I am glad to hear that it was peaceful and comfortable for your brother.
I hope that mil has this too Sad

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storytopper · 18/02/2012 12:02

My BIL had bowel cancer which had spread to his lungs and liver and eventually his spine. Spine cancer was the most painful. He had a syringe driver for morphine in one arm and a permanent line for ketoralac in the other as the pain in his spine sometimes didn't respond to morphine. And my sister was given breakthrough meds to give him at home when the pain was bad.

If you feel you MIL is not getting a high enough dose, ring up GP or whoever and ask to get it increased, or liquid morphine for family to give orally.

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