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My Patient is in the bed full time. He is 92 years old. He drinks about 6 oz of fluid a day and has an egg sandwich for breakfast every morning, one tiny piece of chocolate. How long can he survive like this?

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My mom has liver failure and she is at 97 days without food but drinks lots of water. It’s incredibly baffling. Every doctor or nurse or specialist I talk to just says “wow”. I wish I could understand.
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I would try getting him to drink some nutritional drinks such as ensure.
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Surprisingly, quite a long time. Even minimal amount of fluid alone can see a person living for more than a month. Do you have hospice working with you? Wish we could tell you more. If hospice is there they will be able to make a more full individual assessment, but no matter how medical community tries to guess, they often get it wrong. So sorry. This must be so very hard for you.
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Pdyson1126 Nov 2020
We do have hospice working with us, however they will not give any suggestions. There response is everyone is different.
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Quite a while, I'd say. His biggest issue would be dehydration, but he certainly isn't burning a lot of calories.
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