My mum was been diagnosed with breast cancer 18months ago. Sadly at the time of diagnosis we were told the cancer had already spread and it was too late to do anything apart from treatment to prolong life.
Mum has responded well to treatment but was taken to hospital unexpectedly on Monday by Thursday we were told she was critically ill and to expect she probably wouldn't live 24 hours.
We have been at the hospital since then , she has developed several signs of death being near , i.e swollen cold hands and feet, death rattle and is unresponsive. We've had several scares when we thought she was passing but she has kept fighting.
I'm starting to wonder if the doctors have this wrong as even the nurses on the ward seem surprised.
It's such a rollcoaster ,I'm just looking for some idea if whether this is normal or whether we need to be asking for a second opinion?