My sister was in hospital when she was in the end stages of her cancer. One day I noticed they had removed her IV and then they told us to not give her anything at all to drink.... no water....nothing. We could only put a tiny piece of chipped ice in her mouth if she begged for a drink. She was unconcious most of the time but she did come to once in a while just to ask for the ice. When we asked the nurses how long she had to live we were told that without water she would die within three days and mercifully she did. There was no sign that she suffered at all.
On 5/4/2008 1stdaughterinlaw wrote:My father-in-law is in the last stages of Stage IV gallbladder cancer with mets to the stomach and liver. He is severely jaudiced and cannot walk without assistance. My father-in-law has now stopped eating. It has been five days since he ate a bite of food. He is drinking very little and his urine looks like rust. He says his stomach hurts but that's the only pain he has, except for his toes being very sore (I don't understand this at all). He sleeps all the time now and my husband said he blacked out 4 times this morning while trying to go to the bathroom. How long can he last with no food and very little liquids?
Somebody please help. I am so worried. I can't stand the thought of him starving to death.