The decline of my father in law

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Shit.
My sympathy to you and Mrs. Glatt. 77 seems young to me, but what do I know? It is hard to watch someone decline and be unable to do anything about it and also knowing that the getting better isn't really being better, just continuing being a little longer.

My SIL, who is a nurse, said pneumonia is called "the old man's friend" in that it helps them die.

Maybe the kind thing to do is not to treat the pneumonia.

Pneumonia is called the old man's friend because, left untreated, the sufferer often lapses into a state of reduced consciousness, slipping peacefully away in their sleep, giving a dignified end to a period of often considerable suffering.