The patient would then be put on a morphine drip and nature allowed to take its course.
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...in Cambridge UK as a student more like peak and “oh dear” - cultural differences!!
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honestly torn on whether to rt this because it's informative but also horrifying but also surgeons see so much horror it would be good to share so we can maybe take on a bit of that burden of knowledge
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My sister was in that position. It was a miracle as she survived. But it was surreal waiting to see what the surgeon would find and not knowing if she would come thru the operation.That was on!y about five years ago.
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You don't know until you try.
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My mom died after such an operation yesterday. The doctors did try to save what they could, but she didn't wake up after the surgery.
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Yes, it's horrible. The decision isn't hard if 100% of the bowel is dead (not survivable) but becomes very hard when, say, 50% or 75% is dead. Very low chance of survival in elderly patients, but not zero, and needing total parenteral nutrition for the rest of life is not benign.
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