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.
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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.
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