What exactly happens to a person with multiple organ failures?
I’m wondering because my mother in law died the other day from this. She was an alcoholic and she started getting jaundiced a week or so ago. Now a week and a half later, she’s gone. I didn’t want to intrude on everyone and ask questions because it just didn’t seem appropriate. I stayed in the background, but I overheard doctors and nurses say things like, she had internal bleeding that they couldn’t stop, she was taken off of anesthesia but she wouldn’t wake up, her liver stopped functioning, then her kidneys went, then her heart started acting erratic and her pulse was barely detectable. By then everyone had gathered around and the doctors removed her breathing tube and she passed quickly. But what exactly happens to a person when their organs fail? Was she in pain? Could she have understood us and heard us speaking to her and saying goodbye? What happens to somebody’s brain when their organs fail? What happens when a liver stops functioning? I need some closure. I didn’t get to say
