Dad has bone infection in hip and blood infection sepsis that they are treating with antibiotics infusions, but he is in alot of pain. If we stop the antibiotics we do not know what will happen. How long do we continue this before we call in hospice??
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Is your father in the hospital? You (or health care proxy) can request an evaluation with the attending physician. I wish you the best of luck.
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And more important if dad is cognizant what does he say. (If dad is not cognizant I would probably contact Hospice)
First and foremost he should not be in pain.
Does your dad have any other medical condition that would make him eligible for Hospice?
Hospice will allow treatment of an infection. So it is possible he could continue the antibiotics and still qualify for Hospice.
It may be that he would qualify for Palliative Care if he does not qualify for Hospice and the Palliative Care Team would monitor him and if he became Hospice eligible the transition from Palliative to Hospice would be fast and easy.