Posted by cmcdougall on April 29, 2002, at 13:20:22
In reply to Re: death » cmcdougall, posted by Elizabeth on April 28, 2002, at 14:23:28
> > I don't have a clue what the concentration of morphine was...
>
> It would have been written on the labels of the ampules or vials. Morphine injection is available in various concentrations, and I'm not sure how much she would be getting if she was taking it every 15 minutes. (I guess that's about equivalent to a continuous infusion?)
>As far as I know, the concentration stayed the same at the end as it was in the beginning. The frequency and dose was entirely left up to us (the family). As long as Sis was suffering, we just kept upping the dose.
> > Nothing else was ever offered - at the time, I didn't know very much about meds. I felt the docs were doing everything they could. They were soooo generous w/ the morhpine.
>
> Hmm. I wonder what was going on. When (year) was this?
>1991
Thanks again for your kind words. As awful as the whole ordeal was, time is a great healer. All of my family have vowed that we will do ANYTHING necessary to make sure none of us suffers like that.
Love and luck,
Carly
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