Thank you for listening. These are heartbreaking stories and I just wanted to make sure others can listen and perhaps get a better understanding of life and how we cope with the loss of a loved one.
I’m so glad you like them. These stories were very sad but it should give us an idea of what’s to come for all of us later on. We need to live life to the fullest and be kind to everyone, especially to our loved ones. Don’t forget to check out volume 1 of the hospice care series.
Every death I've ever attended has had the person looking or reaching up, regardless of religion, at least once. They all talk to someone, or pet their lost furry companion. I've seen a few cases of terminal agitation, but it always calmed near the end. The things I've seen lead me to the conclusion that death welcomes us all as equals, no matter what religious arguments we wage down here about the subject.
Thank you for your insights. What do you do if I may ask? I can say that I had a recent death in my family and my loved one died peacefully with a smile on her face. I’ve never heard the term “terminal agitation,” but I can say that another loved one who died over 13 years ago, had a reaction similar to what you mentioned as terminal agitation.
@TheLGExperienceinStorytelling I'm only a former paramedic, not a hospice nurse or anything, but I've unfortunately been present for quite a few deaths that way, and through the hospice care of my family members. My father and grandfather had terminal agitation, and those are the cases I've seen all the way through. It's this period that sometimes happens weeks, days, or even hours before the actual death where they're restless, afraid, usually in pain, and angry when you try to speak to or touch them. My sweet grandpa turned into someone else entirely and tried to take my grandmother and I with him to whatever comes after this life because "you won't be safe down here without me". He calmed when they changed his medication doses and passed about 5 days later. My father just kind of rocked while clutching his chest and called out for his mother a lot. She'd passed years ago. The hospice nurse told us when he finally settled and stopped yelling. "Oh good, she's here. It's almost time." He passed that night while I was in my bedroom, grabbing my blankets to sleep in the chair beside him. I woke my mother, turned his oxygen off, and called the funeral home at midnight to come pick him up. That was really the rough one, if I'm being honest. I was 12 and had 7th grade orientation 8 hours later.
As my grampa was dieing he told my dad and his siblings that his brothers, who had long died, had just been to see him and would return the next day to take him home. He died the next day.
First of all, I am so sorry for your loss. I have heard more and more accounts that we do get visited by loved who has passed. I take great comfort in the possibility of seeing them again in the afterlife. Thank you taking the time to listen here 🙏
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I love your family stories.
Thank you for listening. These are heartbreaking stories and I just wanted to make sure others can listen and perhaps get a better understanding of life and how we cope with the loss of a loved one.
Enjoyed these very much.
I’m so glad you like them. These stories were very sad but it should give us an idea of what’s to come for all of us later on. We need to live life to the fullest and be kind to everyone, especially to our loved ones. Don’t forget to check out volume 1 of the hospice care series.
Every death I've ever attended has had the person looking or reaching up, regardless of religion, at least once. They all talk to someone, or pet their lost furry companion. I've seen a few cases of terminal agitation, but it always calmed near the end. The things I've seen lead me to the conclusion that death welcomes us all as equals, no matter what religious arguments we wage down here about the subject.
Thank you for your insights. What do you do if I may ask? I can say that I had a recent death in my family and my loved one died peacefully with a smile on her face. I’ve never heard the term “terminal agitation,” but I can say that another loved one who died over 13 years ago, had a reaction similar to what you mentioned as terminal agitation.
@TheLGExperienceinStorytelling I'm only a former paramedic, not a hospice nurse or anything, but I've unfortunately been present for quite a few deaths that way, and through the hospice care of my family members. My father and grandfather had terminal agitation, and those are the cases I've seen all the way through. It's this period that sometimes happens weeks, days, or even hours before the actual death where they're restless, afraid, usually in pain, and angry when you try to speak to or touch them. My sweet grandpa turned into someone else entirely and tried to take my grandmother and I with him to whatever comes after this life because "you won't be safe down here without me". He calmed when they changed his medication doses and passed about 5 days later. My father just kind of rocked while clutching his chest and called out for his mother a lot. She'd passed years ago. The hospice nurse told us when he finally settled and stopped yelling. "Oh good, she's here. It's almost time." He passed that night while I was in my bedroom, grabbing my blankets to sleep in the chair beside him. I woke my mother, turned his oxygen off, and called the funeral home at midnight to come pick him up. That was really the rough one, if I'm being honest. I was 12 and had 7th grade orientation 8 hours later.
As my grampa was dieing he told my dad and his siblings that his brothers, who had long died, had just been to see him and would return the next day to take him home. He died the next day.
First of all, I am so sorry for your loss. I have heard more and more accounts that we do get visited by loved who has passed. I take great comfort in the possibility of seeing them again in the afterlife.
Thank you taking the time to listen here 🙏