Arlene here - Abigail and Kris may want to add to/correct this post; both are busy today. I'm writing to note that they met with a team of doctors yesterday (different from previous teams) to discuss whether Bill should be resuscitated if he "goes flatline" again and/or be re-intubated if he has severe breathing difficulties again. The team emphasized that the prognosis is grim.
It seems that, on the one hand, both procedures are painful and frightening and should not be done again because they would increase his suffering, but, on the other hand, Bill has not indicated that he is ready to give up. So far, he has signaled indirectly that he wants to soldier on. In addition, he seems not to want to talk about the issue, although it's hard to tell what's really going on due to his frequent periods of confusion.
Continuing dialysis and tube feeding still makes sense - they are not traumatic and painful.
Abigail said he said very little yesterday but smiled from time to time and seemed relatively comfortable.
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