UPDATE on my Mom.

[Warpy]

26. Honoring her choice is the hardest thing you'll ever have to do

I know because I had to do it twice.

She is very sleepy because of the CO2 buildup in her blood plus the infection.

What you need to do is have a long talk with the doctors and listen carefully to what they say, keeping in mind that there are worse ways to go than slipping away during a deep sleep. The worse ways usually involve an ICU and multiple heroics. You'll have to ask whether it would give her a chance to recover or just prolong her death.

A stepdown or SAC (Special Acute Care) unit can do more than a regular hospital floor can, while keeping her a lot more comfortable than they can in in ICU.

Good luck, losing our parents is horrible.