Just today, I learned that my 3rd aunt's condition worsened. It seems the toxins in her bad leg are still wreaking havoc in her system, despite the hospital's best efforts at administering daily dialysis. It seems that besides the failed kidneys, her brain's taking some damage. To be precise, her brain's probably already damaged at this point, since the last report from her son indicates that she's developed a fixed gaze. Loss of brain function, and she's now pending a brain scan. Frankly, I do not have high hopes at this point. At best, if needs be, I do hope she goes peacefully without dragging it out.
One thing that bothers me to no end is how sad her life had been from birth till today. And it is ironic that a simple fall led to a chain of events that would probably do her in. First something got damaged in her bad leg, causing toxins to leak into her blood stream. Then she was hospitalized, where they found that she was developing sepsis. Even after loads of antibiotics and dialysis, the situation has not improved.
Of course, lots of similar things happened as a result of a simple fall. Assuming that the fall is not immediately fatal, it can easily lead to one becoming bedridden and developing complications as a result of that. Or say the injury from the fall turns gangrenous. Something like that.
Anyway, c'est la vie, non? Humans are mortal and fragile. That much should not be forgotten. Memento Mori.
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