Quote:
Originally Posted by denphone
We went up the hospital later this morning to see our friend and sadly he is in a lot of pain as the supposed palliative care pain relief that was supposed to arrive early in the morning arrived 6 hours late.  |
Sorry to hear this Den. My old man was on morphine patches right up to the end and these were changed every week so he had very little pain. Obviously the circumstances with your friend could be quite different but it might be worth finding out if he hasn't got these already.
If we're going to watch people slowly die in such circumstances the least we can do is give them all the pain relief they need. Luckily my dad's real suffering only lasted a few days but for some its far worse.