Maybe that's it; my mother was at a hospital hospice facility! Natalie
-----Original Message----- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Lorrie Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 4:10 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Euthanasia On 09-26, Marcia wrote: > Hospitals aren't good at palliative care. It wasn't that my Mom > requested no tubes, it was that Hospice didn't want her to have > fluids. They said it would make her uncomfortable. I went toe to toe > with that lady. Her Dr said she could have fluids, hospice said no. WOW, that makes me rethink Hospice. IV fluids can be uncomfortable at the site, but definitely more comfortable than dehydration. I wonder if hospice doesn't go for IVs because most hospice workers are volunteers and it would take an RN to insert an IV. _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
