Unfortunately the hospital goes by what the patient has written down as far as treatment he wants received. Same thing happened to my friend’s father in law..he could no longer speak due to a massive stroke, his family showed the paperwork showing that he did not want to be kept alive by any artificial means or receive any food/drink..so that is what they did, abided by his wishes til he died
This is true however there has been a lot of fighting in this family. I am still airing on the side of caution. I don’t like it when a loved one goes out that way. I just don’t like it.
My husband had to make the decision for his mom. She had a stroke the very same day my husband found out he had cancer.
When he saw his mom, he realized she was able to communicate, but just not talk. I don’t know if she could nod her head or hold up fingers.
He convinced the doctors to talk to his mom and see what she wanted. She did not want a feeding tube.
The sad thing is that my husband could not stay with her until she passed because he had to come home for a PET scan to see how advanced his cancer was.
He stayed with her for almost a week. She passed the day after he left.
It was awful!