ChatGPT Helped Me Make Life or Death Decisions for My Mom and it was right!

This is going to be a surreal story, yet I'm going to be honest it's the worst week of my life. My mom has ALS and due to whatever she was feeling decided not to move forward with tracheostomy surgery which would let her finally breath. Basically her oxygen levels have been going down for weeks, but she being religious unlike me still had hope.

Last week things got dire I was with her and her lips turned blue, she didn't want the ambulance and I couldn't convince her, so that was my first prompt. I told chatpt how do I convice her, it told me what to say. My mom finally said yes with the little strength she had left.

We get to trauma my mom is clincally dead, note she has heart problems yet somehow came back. I was scared. 2 hours later she's in the ER and the doctor comes up to me and tells me honestly the vitals are not good. She's not might not to make it – and they gave me several options none of them good (try everything, complex surgery, let her fight, etc). I took a photo of the vitals and sent it to chat. At this point I didn't want it to make me feel better, so I asked very clearly PLEASE BE HONEST. It said… based on how much you've talked about your mom. Let her fight. Note, my mom has always been a warrior she's defied the odds so it made sense.

6 hours later another nicer doctor (hated the first) lets me know she's delicate but improving. Honestly, first time I cry but like my chest wanted to explode.

I had to wait a couple of days based on the vitals to see the next steps and chat kept telling me to relax. She survived the cardiac arrest, even if doctors lost hope your mom still fights. I couldn't sleep yet also got some kind of emotional support when all seemed lost.

She was getting a bit better and then came the final choice. Her vitals were a bit unstable and doing the tracheostomy is risky but we had no other choice, though her BPM and oxygen levels were good enough that I could take the plunge. Doctors said If I want to move forward with it, again I told chat PLEASE BE HONEST. This time it said there's a 80-90% chance she makes it. So, I took the chance.

Fastforward 2 days, my mom's vitals are finally stable. She's breathing. Finally she's responsive to me, yesterday I told her close your eyes if you her me and she did.

I've also asked chatgtp about her condition and tbh about it, and it ain't playing. It's straight up telling me she won't walk again without support <1% chance, but will regain awerness, hand movement, this and that.

Anyhow, I would also like to point. My mom and I are very close. She lives with me. We're like one of the same. It was also me reading her energy as well, so I would say it was me understanding her and using chatgpt to see if things made sense, when even professionals thought they didn't.

Btw, finally slept last night. Its been a week of hell, but my mom is still here and I get to spend a bit more time with her.

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