Hi All,
My mum has a Grade 4 brain tumour and has been steadily declining for a number of months now. She experienced quite a rapid decline since a hospital stint a few weeks ago and then last week started vomiting very regularly and coming in and out of consciousness.
we had the nurses and hospice come out and do an assessment and they told us we were now looking at days or a week with the way she was and that anyone who should see her should come urgently.
but they've also installed a syringe driver and increased steroids via injections. They told us because of the sedative medication in the syringe mum might not wake up again.
but then since then today and yesterday she's been amazing, so so much better back to her old self, laughing and joking and even wanting a bit of food and drink.
I've heard of the death rally but it's such a huge difference and seems to have been caused by the medication that I'm wondering whether the prognosis of less than a week can still be right??? I'll obviously speak to the nurses but just wondered if anyone had a similar experience?