Should end of life syringe driver make all urine expel

Within hours of my mum's end of life syringe drive being inserted the previously empty urine bag was full and she died within 24 hours. She had complained about the community nurses doing something in her house they shouldn't have done (but continued to do) and it was the week before Christmas so I wondered if they could have put a diuretic in that made her pass more quickly.

  • Hello and thank you for posting

    I'm so sorry to hear about your mum -it must be such a difficult time for you all.

    It's very difficult to answer any questions like these , as we weren't involved in your mum's care. It may be best if you have any doubts or unanswered questions, to have a chat with your mum's GP, or with the community nurses' manager, as they would be able to look through the notes that were done at the time and may be able to go through them with you.

    It would be very unlikely that anything was given to make her die more quickly. Sometimes, people's situation can change very quickly - one day seemingly much better or stable ,then the next day, much worse, with confusion also very common.

    I'm sorry you are left with doubts and how quickly things happened in the end. It's hard coming to terms with the death of someone very close to you and it's not uncommon to go over things, going through all the last days, hour by hour.

    I hope you manage to talk things through with the GP and /or nurses .

    All the very best to you

    Wanda