Kayleelouise
Prayer Partner
So this is what I was sent over seems my father inlaw is taken a turn for the worse. He seemed to be getting better Hi all, I went to see dad today to see him participate in one of his therapy sessions. When I arrived on the ward, I saw the discharge coordinator, who told me dad was having a formal capacity assessment this afternoon, as the ICB responsible for placing him in a nursing home had requested this before they would consider the applications. Meanwhile, dad participated well with the physio session, but it was very clear to me that he is much weaker and less in control of his movements since the last therapy session I saw, way back at Basildon . I was then spoken to by Prof. Playford who told me that dad's trachy change on Monday was not straightforward. She said that they had needed to hyper-extend his neck to get the tube reinserted. She said that this means that any future trachy change, dad will need to be hospitalised for. She said this indicates that his life expectancy will be drastically reduced. In addition to this, she asked us to consider whether it would be best to have dad comfortable somewhere and then remove his access to antibiotics if he falls ill. If this was to happen, he would be treated palliatively until 'nature took it's course'. Hard one to hear really. Majority opinion amongst us is that it's inhumane to remove treatment, so I will email dad's key person to communicate this tomorrow. Otherwise though, dad is ok in himself, and when I left him was sitting comfortably in his chair xx