I I have a friend that is a family friend that is 71 years old the doctor said that they cannot wean him off the ventilator. Well his kidneys is failing and I guess his son do not want him to turn off the ventilator. What is the next step seeming as he's not responding. He has been on a ventilator for a month-and-a-half so now what will happen will he just lay like that for years or what is the next step?
If his kidneys are failing, it is very likely that his body will start shutting down. Most likely, it won't be too long. (Without more information on the prognosis /diagnosis.)
There are many different options /circumstances. Doctors can recommend shutting all the machines down, because in their opinion there isn't any hope of improvement or recovery. But they can be challenged / overruled by family, who doesn't want to give up just yet.
A similar thing happened to a family member of mine. But once his kidneys started failing, the family realized there wasn't much hope. And made the terrible decision to turn the machines off.
Again, I am so sorry.