Where to begin. My husband passed away May 24, 2021. He died from complications of alcoholism. He was on a ventilator for 17 days and in the hospital for 20. He was brought to the hospital from a Detox Center as he was going to try to sober up. His detoxing brought such heavy seizures that the medical Detox center couldn't control it. After the 16th day of being on a ventilator, and he was not showing any signs of improvement, had pancreatitis, pneumonia, etc., Jeff's dad, his daughter and I decided to not put him through any more so we had the ventilator removed. He only lasted about 5 minutes after. However, earlier that day they did reduce his medications so he was aware and awake enough for each of us to say our goodbyes to him. He knew he was dying. I'm finding out from a few of his friends that said he knew something else was wrong but he didn't want to go to the doctor. He had been calling himself Dead ...
Because there isn't enough time to always make a point.