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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Cancer / February 2006film over eyes
Hi, I have been reading this group for the past 3 months since I found out my father was going to die soon. He had colon cancer that spread to the liver. this group has helped me alot in knowing what to expect during my fathers last days. He died on Jan. 28 2006 at home with me holding his hand. The only thing I was not prepared for was what happened to his eyes in the last six hours of his life. He was not able to blink and there was this coating or some type of film that was covering his eyes. He also had a big dark spot on his eyes that i thought was his pupil but it was not. His pupils were looking upward. My question is what was this film covering his eyes and what was the dark spot that he had on each eye? why did this happen? Could I have done anything to prevent it? Also, was it painful for my father? Again thank you for having this group. It helped me greatly. > Hi, I have been reading this group for the past 3 months since I found > out my father was going to die soon. He had colon cancer that spread to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > done anything to prevent it? Also, was it painful for my father? Again > thank you for having this group. It helped me greatly. I'm sorry to hear about your father's passing. When Dad was dying, we were given drops to put in his eyes, on a regular basis. Despite that, now that you mention it, there may have been a film in his eyes, during the last day or so. I don't recall noticing any black spot, but I knew he wasn't seeing us, he was busy with the "business" of dying, so we were more focused on his hearing. (ie not staring into his eyes). Dad died peacefully, not in pain, so please don't worry about it. I'm sure, the way you describe it, your father wasn't in pain. May you find peace and eventually remember many of the good memories of your Dad. J >Hi, I have been reading this group for the past 3 months since I found >out my father was going to die soon. He had colon cancer that spread to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >done anything to prevent it? Also, was it painful for my father? Again >thank you for having this group. It helped me greatly. I am so sorry about your loss of your father. I have no technical / scientific help, but I just wanted you to know that I too had nagging questions after my own father died of cancer last September. I kept going over and over in my mind certain things (still do sometimes). Getting those questions answered has helped me start to get through the memories of my "cancer dad" and start to remember my "happy dad" from years ago. Peace, -- Daniel deltaechomike@usa.net > Hi, I have been reading this group for the past 3 months since I found > out my father was going to die soon. He had colon cancer that spread to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > done anything to prevent it? Also, was it painful for my father? Again > thank you for having this group. It helped me greatly. It is common in unconcious and dying patients for the 'blink' reflex to fail and the conjunctiva (the nomally invisible 'skin' that covers the eyes) dries out and becomes visible. Taping the eyes shut to protect them is standard practice in hospitals for unconcious patients. In dying patients this is not really a priority and may well be more upsetting for relatives, also the patient may not actually be unconcious. I guess saline drops would help in this situation. It's just one of the things that 'goes with the territory'. I have no idea what the black spots might have been. MIKE thank you for everyone's help. I am just going through my mind if there was anything i could have done to make my fathers last days as painless as posible. I do not think he was in much pain at all when he died. he just was breathing very slowly then he stopped breathing. Again thank you all your relies. |
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