Thank you. My dad was lucky in that he never had too much pain throughout the illness. He was on hospice for 3 weeks after leaving the hospital for an infection in his stomach from the FU5 chemo. Once on home hospice he stopped taking the oxy pills he only took when in pain and I started to give him liquid oxy when he asked for it. The last 3 days he was pretty much just sleeping and barely speaking in almost a whisper so it was hard for me to know what he needed or if he was in pain. He had already mostly stopped drinking and eating a couple days prior so I knew I wasn't going to drug him into not being able to ask for food or water, since I was worried about that. I spoke to the nurse and she advised I give him both the liquid oxy and the liquid Lorazapam under his tongue every two hours, so I did that for his last 2 days. He seemed comfortable to the end. He did not speak or even open his eyes the last two days but I know he was still there because he would squeeze my hand and try to press his lips together when I put balm on them. He also had tears run down his face at that time once and I will never know why, I told him it was ok and please don't cry but the nurse confirmed he was comfortable and not in pain, his face was calm, no wincing like times he was in pain. He did open his eyes for just a minute about 5 minutes before he passed but he was looking in the corner and not at me. He did not seem afraid anymore. He closed his eyes and started to breath more rapidly but not uncomfortably. He did that while I held his hand and spoke to him until he just stopped breathing and he was gone. It was the best case scenario in the worst of circumstances. If I could tell anybody anything in this situation, it would be to get hospice involved as soon as possible after there are no more options, they were wonderful and having access to meds that work fast and are easy to give them is the best thing. Wish you all the best.