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Was It A Sin To Have Decided To Stop Dyalysis For My 90 Year Old Mother?
My mother died in October one month from her 90th birthday. She had kidney failure from ecoli and a severe bladder infection. She went through dyalsis about 5 times and we chose to stop, she had mild dementia and also wanted to stop. I don t think she fully understood she would die by stopping the treatment. I have had a lot of guilt for allowing her to stop dyalsis. Did we do the right thing? She died In about three weeks
Sat, 1 Feb 2014
hello.madam thanks for the query
in ur grand mothers case frm wat u said looks.like a AKI@(acute kidney injury) due to sepsis which with higher antibiotics and regular dialysis could be handled but with the age into consideration it would be a very tough call to say dat she could be saved with dialysis...only kidney failure is nt the issue here but infection is imp...may be u allowed her to die in peace...
Thank you
in ur grand mothers case frm wat u said looks.like a AKI@(acute kidney injury) due to sepsis which with higher antibiotics and regular dialysis could be handled but with the age into consideration it would be a very tough call to say dat she could be saved with dialysis...only kidney failure is nt the issue here but infection is imp...may be u allowed her to die in peace...
Thank you
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