Blue Heron, welcome to the forum. I'm sorry your patient isn't doing well. I would look out for signs of pneumonia -- shaking (not from cold), vomiting, difficulty breathing, and a temperature (though not necessarily so). If she is mobile and walks, please be very, very careful that she doesn't fall. We were told that even when a patient seems to be unresponsive, he/she can hear what's being said' so be careful about what she hears . It is, of course, important for people that she loves to keep talking to her even though she does not look like she is responsive. If she is given painkillers like hydromorphone, look out for signs of delirium.

This is what I can recall for now. I will post again if anything more comes back to me.


Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards

Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.