It makes sense...

A prospective member of the fatherless club brought his 83-year old father to our hospital. After the clinical assessment and laboratory investigations, the grandpa was found to have chronic renal failure. When drug treatment did not help him (grandpa ) much, we recommended that the sick elderly man should undergo haemodialysis ie a form of treatment where a dialysis machine takes over the function of the sick kidneys. He had the first treatment and felt a lot better. Within 2 - 3 weeks, he relapsed. He had another shot and several others. Meanwhile, the haemodialysis was eating deep and creating big holes in the prospective club member's pockets. On one occassion, I frowned at him for not taking grandpa for another dialysis session. He pleaded with me that he needed to conserve some resources in case the inevitable happen... I thought about it and I think it made some sense....