My father is in what the hospice calls the "active dying" phase. Pulse ox is 50%, BP 60/40, pulse 70s. The one thing the hospice won't say is the timeline other than 'soon'. He's been like this the past 12 hours, not conscious and very shallow Cheyne-Stokes breaths. How long can this go on? Theoretically with sats this low, his organs can't sustain it for long right? No blue extremities or anything though, so it's all very confusing. Obviously everyone's different, but for those who have gone through this process, how long did it take until the end?
Hospice didn't give me any time frame until the morning right before she died. Her nurse came to check on her, and told me she thought mom would be gone "within 24 hours", and she was right.
I am so sorry about what you're going through, many of us here know the agony of emotions you're experiencing. You'll all be in my prayers.
Hospice is not God,(as only He knows the day and time that He will call your father home) so all they can tell you is that perhaps it's soon. And it does sound to me that it shouldn't be too much longer. Just make sure that you've said all you've wanted to to your father, as hearing is the last sense to go. God bless you during this difficult time.
Keep it peaceful and quiet and let them transition to the next world in peace.