I feel there is a lot more to the this story that we don't know...
seriously, a non cancerous tumor near his pancreas put him on a ventilator?....what kind of ailment is that?...
and I wonder what other family members are thinking?...sounds like there is discord in the family about this...
Other articles speak of spots seen on his liver and no biopsy was done(so how do they know it wasn’t malignant?). Yeah we need more info so we know how to respond properly to the story...it could very well be a very bad prognosis that the family can’t accept as of yet!
Yeah that simply sounds like the initial issue.
seriously, a non cancerous tumor near his pancreas put him on a ventilator?....what kind of ailment is that?... and I wonder what other family members are thinking?...sounds like there is discord in the family about this...
In these times we often forget surgery has risk including the risk of post operative infections such as respiratory type which would explain it. MRSI may have happened. Or he may have had a Pulmonary event during surgery. Yes family discord can also be an issue.
IN the case of my wife 30 years ago at quadriplegia onset they gave her 5 years life expectancy. By some miracle she made it twenty nine and a half years with many a close call and by The Grace of GOD and skilled doctors she pulled through. I saw her initial Neurologist in the hospital a few months after she had passed while I was visiting someone. He recognized me even after 29 years and talked to me. I said well you gave her 5 years and she made it 29. He said today I would still say only 5 years but the fact she made it 29 is because you took good care of her.
I've learned a lot over the last year about doctors. I would not want to be in their shoes. Most are over worked, have to separate themselves emotionally from their patient to do the job {which they really can't separate themselves but just in the time frame needed to treat the patient}, and work very long hours. I saw our primary care doctor hours start at doing hospital rounds at 6:00am and I saw him in the Lobby after 8:30pm fixing to leave. Last office visit he told me he thinks about her daily. For what it's worth my wife was a CNA who had sat with many patients who were in their final minutes. She knew what was going on inside her and accepted it. I had problems telling her she was going to die and our doctor helped me. But she already knew it.
In the case of the man in Texas none of us know enough about all of it I'm sure. What complications have the doctors been trying to say to them that no one wants to hear? Also keep in mind they are under secrecy laws and can't defend themselves. And again there is the very real finding a place to go issues with long term respirator care. Our medical knowledge and capabilities is reaching a point it exceeds our wisdom.