in response to KENT. you sound like a nursing instructor. my advice to you is do some bedside nursing guy. you sound lika "babe in the woods."

in response to bob. i find it funny that people who surf the "web" think they have a firm grasp of medical diagnosis. its been my experience that a patient who asks an "informed"question doesn't really know a damn thing. people like you are like a MONKEY WITH A MACHINE_GUN.to you own admission, your wifes disease was poorly known. perhaps only to you. i have people caome in claiming "their going to die." only to refuse treatment cause it doesn't involve morphine. when your car/house/whatever breaks, to you tell your serviceman how to fix it? NO YOU DON'T. stay outa the way, keep your mouth shut and your ears open. my condolences on your loss. chuck RN