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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old is your parent? It most countries they are doing difficult surgical interventions on elderly patients. Let your parent recover on their time. If they don't have it in them to fight, then so be it. [/quote]

This is hard to hear, given the narrative of “fighting” and trying to preserve through illness. But I’m of the opinion that the patient knows their body much better than doctors and family members.  In full disclosure, I recently lost a parent. And I could see her spirit fading and a couple nurses were upset with her. The doctors thought my parent was doing great and they were happy with the progress. Parent passed a couple days after the glowing report.

I don’t mean to suggest that this is the state of your parent. But I do suggest that your parent has autonomy and knows herself best. In your spot, I’d try to make sure there were people and things that made her happy and then see what happens. [/quote]

Thank you and I am so sorry for the loss of your parent. Deep down, I hope this is not our case. In reality, this is exactly what it looks like: glowing doctor reports and parent saying the exact opposite. OP[/quote]

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