General Chat

I don't usually ask for this but please think about my friend whose three year old granddaughter is trying to die.

She has been on antibiotics all her life and will soon have used up all options and is now in hospital with pneumonia.

Born with cerebral palsy it was thought to have been the result of a difficult birth but it looks like there is more to it She has a little peripheral vision and rolls her eyes all the time, can't speak but produces copious amounts of saliva but doesn't know about swallowing.

All her sustenance is through a peg which now has yeast infections around it most of the time. She does enjoy the taste of food but, once it is in her mouth, that is where it stays because she doesn't know to swallow it and wouldn't even know to scratch an itch.

She is adequately sustained and this is a better situation since the operation to relieve the constant acid reflux when they found that her inability to support herself is so deep seated that she can't even support her internal organs.

She is dearly loved but even my mate, who is at her bedside now, can't see any joy for her in what future she has.

In a past life she would never have seen a second day. Antibiotics are wonderful and I am so grateful for their existence but, just sometimes, they do prolong the agony.