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We don't know how long she has. She is in septic shock but still has lucid moments. She can't speak but looks into your eye so you know she still there. This is terribly heartbreaking. How have any of you coped in this same situation?

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Many of us have walked with a loved one through hospice and end of life. It feels both traumatic and like an enormous privilege to see someone we love out of this world. Hold her hand, rest as you need it, know that being there for the exact moment is not important, and know the love that exists between you. I wish you rest and peace
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Peeps83: Prayers forthcoming.
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My mom was un Hospice Care. It's hard, Especially when you sign the DNR. You realize that this is really the end. I had to just take one day at a time with my mom's end of life situation. I was with my mom until her last breath. Death is the reality life.
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Yes, my brother died of sepsis. He was briefly hospitalized and was resistant to antibiotics. As having been recently diagnosed with probable early Lewy's he was anxious to pass, and we used the "opportunity " of sepsis (from a small sore on his shin) and got him back to ALF with aids and Hospice. He lasted a week after sent home; sepsis is fast at shutting down organs, but brutal to see and your best foot forward is to medicate as heavily as possible to put your loved one out of pain; confusion will be present very soon as organs shut down. You want your loved one below the level of dreaming. Discuss medications with Hospice and all else as well; they are the touchstone for you now and there to help in all this.

I am so very sorry.
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You cope by just being there and making sure that nothing is left unsaid.
My late husband had sepsis and septic shock and he lived 22 months under hospice care in our home until the Good Lord took him Home, so just enjoy whatever time you may have left with your mom.
God bless you as you take this final journey with her.
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