THe nurse explained to her that her mother would probably die within a matter of weeks, at the longest, and that the morphine was to relieve any pain she may be experiencing on a basic, physiological level.
THe daughter then accused the nurses of trying to 'kill' her mother by giving her large doses of morphine--of course, the mother had been on morphine for a number of months (perhaps even a year or more) to combat terminal pain associated with her condition and others, and that while a 'normal' person certainly would OD if given that amount of morphine, the mother had built up a tolerance and was in no danger of OD'ing from the drugs, or from being addicted to the drugs.
THe daughter would not relent, and refused to allow her mother to receive the Morphine as ordered by the physician.
The Hospice nurse said the saddest thing was a few days later---the daughter called the nurse, hysterical---her mother was obviously beginning to die---and, as the body often does, was fighting the process. "Give her something to knock her out!" the daughter demanded. The nurse arrived at the house a short time later and started the morphine drip again as the daughter wished. However, because the morphine had been halted a few days earlier, they couldn't give her the large amounts that they had been giving her, nor the larger bolus that they had intended to give her days earlier. Sadly, the mother died, in obvious distress, without the aid of an opiod analgesic as the physican requested.
If i didnt care, i wouldnt post in here. it just makes me laugh that people are mourning for one person, while there are millions of people who are dying of starvation, wars, murders, etc. You people are selfish.
