Not sure about the duration of her bounce back, but there is a well known phenomenon that can occur towards the end of life, where the patient barely moves, and it seems they are indeed on the way out, then they rally. It can confuse a lot of people/families, because that patient then rallies for a short time, and in some cases seem healthier than they were before they even went into hospital. It gets everyone's hopes up. That the doctors could/must be wrong. However, the patient then goes downhill again. Medical staff sometimes warn you of this before it happens.

What you're describing happened with my mother in law (wasn't cancer related). She was the picture of health for a wee while opposed to how she was for the weeks prior to her rallying. But yeah, she went back downhill again.

That said, doctors just use educated guesstimates, and it's not an exact science when the person will slip away. It happens when it happens. What I'm trying to say, keep your expectations in check and enjoy what time you have with them because it could change drastically. Who knows!

Not sure about the duration of her bounce back, but there is a well known phenomenon that can occur towards the end of life, where the patient barely moves, and it seems they are indeed on the way out, then they rally. It can confuse a lot of people/families, because that patient then rallies for a short time, and in some cases seem healthier than they were before they even went into hospital. It gets everyone's hopes up. That the doctors could/must be wrong. However, the patient then goes downhill again. Medical staff sometimes warn you of this before it happens.

What you're describing happened with my mother in law (wasn't cancer related). She was the picture of health for a wee while opposed to how she was for the weeks prior to her rallying. But yeah, she went back downhill again.

That said, doctors just use educated guesstimates, and it's not an exact science when the person will slip away. It happens when it happens. What I'm trying to say, keep your expectations in check and enjoy what time you have with them because it could change drastically. Who knows!

Thanks for your reply, I'm sorry to hear about your mother in law, I have read about rallying and initially that's what I thought but it's been 4 days now and I wasn't expecting it to be so long. She is more confused now but she thinks she's getting better the last couple of days. The not knowing is just so difficult isn't it. Everyone has taken time off work but now we're confused as to whether we should go back and save time off for later or if this is just a natural part of things and could change quickly again.