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Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) A few stay with me. (Paramedic for context.)

“I think I’m going to die.”

It’s happened on more than one occasion where a patient directly tells me they are going to die and seconds later go into cardiac arrest. It’s so common that ‘a sense of impending doom’ is a legitimate symptom.

“Don’t let me die”

He arrested as we arrived at the hospital. They didn’t get pulses back. Stable on scene but declined rapidly during transport. That family had no way to know that was the last time they’d see him alive.

Me: “I’ll see you again!”
Her, smiling: “No you won’t.”

Hospice patient I had transported many times before. First name basis. We always said we would see each other again after I dropped her off. That time she replied with a simple “no you won’t”. It was the last time I ever saw her. Some people just know.

That’s what is so sacred about the medical field, really. We have this image of giving our last words to friends or family. However for many of us our last words will be delivered to the ears of a complete stranger. In those last moments I’ll be whatever you need me to be. Your child, your spouse, your friend. Whatever you say will be heard, and carried with me to the end.

Terrami , Jair Lázaro Report

Final score:

157points

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Donald 6 months ago

"In those last moments I'll be whatever you need me to be." Holy s**t that's powerful, the ideal person to work in the medical field.

132points

Excellent_Farm_2589 , Specna Arms Report

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) I was in the Army, and one of my fellow soldiers was able to call their parents on a sat phone during their death. Their last words were apologies for causing so much trouble as a teen and how they wished they could be back home to fix everything. The parents were in shock, and I had to take the phone to let them know their child was gone.

I relive this scene on repeat in my nightmares.

Final score:

140points

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Lil Miss Hobbit 6 months ago

This is heartbreaking

72points

Among the various responses, some stories stand out for their unsettling nature, while others are more emotional and touching. One hospice worker recounted a patient who, moments before passing, kept saying “Not until they’re all here! Not until they’re all here”, hoping to be reunited with her estranged son before her passing.

Another healthcare worker shared a chilling experience when an elderly woman with dementia kept screaming “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, HELP ME, HELP ME”, leaving this nurse unsettled and feeling like she had failed at her job. Such experiences often leave medical professionals struggling with the mysteries of life and death, highlighting the profound and sometimes disturbing realities they face in their line of work.

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) Not a scary moment, but a beautiful one:

I held the hand of my best friend who had metastasized breast cancer. When I kissed her cheek goodbye she had tears in her eyes and wouldn’t let go of my hand. I said “I’ll see you tomorrow, don’t be sad!” And while still clenching my hand she said through her tears “I love you, don’t you ever forget it.” She closed her eyes right then and there and passed away after her 9 year battle with cancer.

Maniacboy888 , Pixabay Report

Final score:

102points

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Clown fish 6 months ago

😭😭😭😭

36points

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Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) When I was 11 years old, going to school friends birthday party, saw a motorcycle rider wrap himself around a telephone pole. My dad, a Vietnam vet (3x tours), got out of our Surburban, held his hand. Prayed. Then told the man he would die. Not to be afraid. Think of his loved ones. Remember how strong they know he is. To die knowing he is loved. He is on his way to his next journey. He had a well fulfilled life of love and happiness.... my dad never met the rider. The rider believed every word. His last words were bubbles...

Final score:

92points

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Tamra 6 months ago

I can't imagine what this man experienced in three freaking tours of Vietnam, but he apparently came out of it with a good deal of empathy intact. He gave the dying man a gift.

79points

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) My dad had colon cancer. He said to me he didn’t want to go to sleep because he knew he wouldn’t wake up. He did die in his sleep that night.

Spithate , Emma Filer Report

Final score:

89points

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Lil Miss Hobbit 6 months ago

Sometimes people just know

42points

According to an article on end-of-life rally, when a dying loved one experiences a sudden revival of energy or awareness, it can be a deeply confusing and emotional time for their family. This phenomenon, known as terminal lucidity, often gives families a fleeting sense of hope that their loved one is improving. However, it is typically a sign that the person is consciously preparing for their final journey. “Sadly, rallying is usually a hallmark pre-death sign. I have known many family caregivers, hospice aides, nurses and doctors who have seen their patients show 'improvement' before death. Some patients want to talk, while some become restless and act as if they need to start preparing for a trip,” the article relates.

Knowing about terminal lucidity can help families brace for the complex emotions that accompany these moments. It offers one last chance for meaningful connection, though it can also lead to feelings of guilt and confusion when the inevitable end comes. Understanding this can help families cherish the time left, knowing it is a natural part of the dying process.

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) I have done hospice work, home health care, and worked in a nursing home. The best one was in a nursing home with an elderly man. We knew it was coming soon, but he has no family, so we were taking turns just being with him. He opened his eyes and smiled and said, “It’s such a lovey day. Don’t let this spoil it.” It really was a perfect Spring day; he passed about five minutes later.

The saddest was a lady in hospice care. She kept saying, “Not until they’re all here! Not until they’re all here!” The family finally admitted she had a son that she had disowned many years prior. They tried to locate him, but weren’t successful. She died crying for her boy.

Waterproof_soap , Matthias Zomer Report

Final score:

81points

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Tamra 6 months ago

That second one is truly sad, and I have a feeling too many parents will go like that. Love your children as much as you can, because that's one thing you'll never regret doing.

45points

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) “Did you turn off the lights?”

Me: “no, the lights are still on.”

“That’s not funny. It’s really not fu-oh.”

I spent over 30 days in and out of the hospital in 2018 for a medical issue I had. Most of the time I had to share a room. In one room, I was with this guy in his late 50s there for some kind of serious pneumonia with complications. He was morbidly obese and had diabetes and some other health issues. We were sitting there watching jeopardy, when he said the above. As soon as he said “oh” he kinda started having trouble breathing, some gasping, a bunch of alarms went off and then out of nowhere half a dozen doctors and nurses and such were in the room. Somebody wheeled my bed out to another room. I found out later he’d died of a massive heart attack. I don’t know why he thought everything went black first. The doctor didn’t know either though she had some ideas. The head nurse, this tiny Filipina lady, said “he was dying. You don’t die all at once. Some parts die first.”

I think about that a lot. I don’t know if she’s right or not or if she meant it to be deeper than that, probably not. But “you don’t die all at once” sticks with me now.

gaqua , Luis Dalvan Report

Final score:

79points

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Undercover 6 months ago

Afaik the hearing is the last sense a dying person loses. Source: a hospice worker during a training session.

31points

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Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) Dying man to his daughter, "Honey I'm sorry but I have to go.".

Final score:

71points

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Nicola Mawson 6 months ago

My last words to my mom: take two Panado and go back to sleep. She was comatose when I got home from school and DoA at the hospital. Note, Panado is paracetamol in South Africa

27points

In addition to the touching declarations and chilling words, some patients express their fear and regret in their final moments. One doctor described a patient who, right before he passed away, said "I think I did something really stupid” without ever clarifying what "something" was, leaving both the medical staff and the patient's family in a state of anxious speculation. Another story involved a patient who broke his family’s hearts by saying “I thought I had more time”, leaving us all contemplating our own lives and how we choose to spend the little time we have here. These moments underscore the emotional and psychological weight carried by those working in healthcare, as they not only provide medical care but also bear witness to the deepest fears and confessions of their patients.

#10

My grandpa’s brother’s last words were “I’m at the gate but they won’t let me in yet”. He was deeply religious, so I hope seeing those gates brought him peace.

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Final score:

64points

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CaliCoast 6 months ago

Purgatory's a cruel idea.

5points

#11

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) “Help me, I have four kids. Help me. Don’t let me die. Please don’t let me die.”

Edit: this was a Covid patient during the beginning of Covid before we intubated her.

Hkyokoa , RDNE Stock project Report

Final score:

63points

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OldAuntiePanda 6 months ago

Oh, Lord. This just broke my heart.

28points

#12

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) I have worked in the medical field for almost 20 years but the one with most impact was from my grandma. She told me my grandpa was waiting for her, she wanted to be him but most of all she was tired of seeing me so tired and not having a life anymore (for context, I had to quit working and put my life on hold for over 2 years to take of her full time). So she asked for a DNR. I signed and she became unconscious shortly and subsequently passed.

NyneBany , SHVETS production Report

Final score:

61points

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Howl's sleeping castle 6 months ago

Me and my husband quit our jobs to take care of my MIL when she was diagnosed with 4th stage cancer and was bedridden. It happened within a month of our wedding. After a year of suffering she died. Everyone told me the same thing that I am blessed and it's good karma and God will give me a good life. But I feel I am a fake. That I did all that to show that I am a good person. (And get brownie points for good karma)

16points

According to experts, the most common regret dying people have is not having the courage to be true to themselves and live the life they actually desire, but instead living the life that someone else expected from them.

If we regret not being more present in our kids’ lives, we will likely carry that same regret for many years. If we regret choosing the comfort of our current jobs over pursuing our dreams, we’ll probably have a similar regret in the future. The key difference between now and then is that today, we have the power to change things, create the future we desire, so we don’t end up regretting our lives. We can start fresh today by asking ourselves: what do I regret right now?

#13

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) One patient of my mom's was an elderly man at the ER who was cursing out his wife with the final gasps of breath he could muster. His words were incoherent but you could feel they were full of anger.

We later found out he was poisoned, and the wife was likely the culprit due to an insurance fraud case.

Heroic-Forger , Davide Baraldi Report

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61points

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ArodTheHorrible 6 months ago

I think I would be swearing, too. Yikes

38points

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#14

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) I was with my father in law when he passed. No words, just long gasping breaths like a fish out of water.

He kept trying to pull the sensor leads off of himself and leave, but he just didn’t have the energy.

He was 6’ 4” and 300 lbs of kind hearted grumpiness until the last year of his life when he must’ve weighed around 220. Cancer ate him from the inside out, slowly, painfully and relentlessly.

Greg, you tough son of a b***h, I miss you every day.

Final score:

54points

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Howl's sleeping castle 6 months ago (edited)

My MIL died of cancer. She was gasping for air. It had happened before so we opened the curtains and increased the speed of the fan. (This had helped before). I asked her if she is in pain. She wasn't. Suddenly she said my husband's name twice (he was sitting, holding her hand) and stopped responding. We tried CPR but by the time the ambulance came her body was already little cold.

17points

#15

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) *I want to tell everyone everything but I can't*

Panicked, pumped full of morphine.

Not sinister, just too much left unsaid.

mindfeces , Anete Lusina Report

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50points

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Darius S. (he/him) cis/grey 6 months ago

1point

These accounts from the AskReddit thread offer a glimpse into the often unseen side of the medical profession. The stories shared by these healthcare workers and the families of dying patients not only evoke a sense of fear and curiosity but also remind us of the profound humanity and vulnerability present in the final moments of life. As you read through these selected comments, prepare to be moved by the emotional last words of patients on the brink of death.

Which of these stories was the most touching to you? Would you like to share a moment you've experienced with us? Please do so in the comments.

#16

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) Elderly women was on the phone with her husband deciding on what her code status (whether or not to CPR) should be. She went into cardiac arrest mid sentence. We didn’t notice the phone when doing CPR until after she was pronounced dead. Husband listened to the entire thing.

cmohler22 , SHVETS production Report

Final score:

50points

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Clown fish 6 months ago (edited)

I hope the husband got a lot of counseling and help. Listening to that isn't good

23points

#17

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, HELP ME, HELP ME”

This elderly women with dementia was air hungry but DNR/DNI & on comfort measures so we couldn’t do anything to “help” and the comfort measure supplemental oxygen we had her on wasn’t enough to sustain her & no matter how much pain medications (IV morphine) we gave she still screamed out in agony until her final breath…

It still f***s me up sometimes when i remember her.. it was just awful. i felt like I failed as a nurse that day knowing she passed with so much fear and discomfort :’(.

Shadowpenguin-13 , Tatiana Zanon Report

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49points

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Nicola Mawson 6 months ago

You did the best you could. That's all that matters

25points

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#18

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) I work as a paramedic. I had a single motorcycle crash into an electric box by a stop light. He smashed it and ended up into the wood line in a forest preserve. He was injured but not that badly. We ran it as a traumatic accident and transported to a nearby trauma center. He was awake and talking en route. As we pulled into the hospital he grabbed my hand and said “I see the light I’m dying right now.” I tried to re assure him but by the time he got into the ER he had died. The ER doc screamed at us for not having him intubated and so on. I told the doctor what happened and he immediately apologized.

Final score:

47points

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ShellsBells 6 months ago (edited)

This is one of the many reasons I became an EMT before thinking about going to nursing school. Understanding prehospital care would help a nurse/doctor have some sort of awareness of what can/could happen on your way to the hospital. Edit:spelling.

11points

#19

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) Wasn’t his last word, because technically he couldn’t speak. But couple days before he passed, my dad was in the hospital on a ventilator, and he wasn’t getting better. We gave him his options, which neither were good, pretty much long term care on a ventilator, or hospice, and he wrote “I thought I had more time”. That broke me.

jaronhays4 , Pixabay Report

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45points

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Susie Elle 6 months ago

That's what my mom said after hearing she had cancer and was already terminal. It was heartbreaking.

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#20

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) I volunteer with hospice and my patient had fallen and was not doing well. She wasn’t really fully awake and aware while I was there. When I went to leave she looked me in the eyes and was so “there” (not sure of a better word) and said I love you to me for the first and last time. She was just so sweet and I still miss her.

Msbossyboots , Anna Shvets Report

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43points

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Disgruntled Pelican 6 months ago

Bless you for volunteering with hospice. My uncle was on hospice for a short period of time to give my parents a break and even at 8, I knew that those people were incredible on different level.

12points

#21

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) Something light hearted to share. I work in retail pharmacy and called one of our regular patients to tell him his meds (monthly pick up) are ready for pick up. He managed to answer his cellphone and told me he’s dying and currently at a hospice then he thanked me for always preparing his meds for him. I said you’re welcome and hang up on phone. A few weeks later… he showed up at our pharmacy to pick up. I had to ask my coworkers if they are also seeing what I’m seeing. Hahaha! That was 5 years ago. Wonder if he’s still alive….

zopiclowne , Anna Tarazevich Report

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43points

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Lyone Fein 6 months ago

He must have surprised himself!

6points

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#22

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) Had a guy one time tell me “in about an hour and a half I’m gonna quit” proceeded to code multiple times…. Ended up pronouncing him at about an hour and a half later. I think those who are alert and are going to die know it’s coming.

lospolloshermonos357 , Pixabay Report

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42points

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Robin Roper 6 months ago

On a Friday night, after a full day of doctor appointments, my FIL who had been dealing with a series of health problems told my husband "I don't want to do this anymore. It's not fun." My husband told his dad that he didn't have to do anything he didn't want to do; it was his decision. My FIL passed 4 days later. I always knew he'd go on his own terms - he landed on Omaha Beach in the first wave of soldiers (29th Division, 116th, G Company), participated in the Incheon Invasion, and was a sniper in Vietnam before the US was officially there; he was something!

8points

#23

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) I work in palliative care, so have seen a lot of deaths - most of them have been very peaceful, people are not usually conscious for the last few days - like they're asleep all the time. One that sticks out for me is a man getting the last rites, and just as the priest finished, there was an almighty boom and thunderclap and all of the lights in the hospice went out for a few seconds. The patient died minutes later.

pinkschnitzel , Brandon Holmes Report

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40points

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whodunnitfan2013 6 months ago

Going out with a bang.

22points

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#24

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) Not a healthcare worker but I was at work and a guy had a heart attack. He fell over and was having some spasms and he said" I am going to die at work " he was gone before the ambulance got there and he passed on the shop floor with a wrench in his hand.

Final score:

39points

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Hey! 6 months ago

Wow, I would be in shock I think.

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#25

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) This isn't really "scary" in the way you're asking, but when I was an intern (20+ years ago now), I was discharging a patient I had a connection with from the hospital to hospice with terminal cancer. This dude had nobody in his life. I told him I'd come visit him, and his last words to me were "no you won't." But I actually did, maybe 3 weeks later. I went to the hospice house, and he had already passed away. I was wrecked. But it made me realize how fast things can change, and the impact of my last words to this dying man scared me and stuck with me.

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39points

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Robin Roper 6 months ago

Three weeks in a Hospice home/facility is an eternity.

9points

#26

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) My wife, about 10 hours before she died of stomach cancer that had metastasized to her lungs and was suffocating her.

"No more!"

They put her on benzos after that and she spent the last hours unconscious.

PirateJohn75 , Frederic Köberl Report

Final score:

39points

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Tamra 6 months ago

Goddamn, I hate cancer.

28points

#27

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) I worked in a seniors care home for many years and tended to both my parents as they were dying.

Most of the elderly would mumble stuff that I couldn't make out but one woman in particular said something like "How are you here?" (While looking at the corner of the room) a couple of hours before death. Another one told a care aide that her husband was waiting (care aide told me this just as I entered the room so I didn't hear that one first hand).

My dad didn't say anything but the smile on his face was the biggest I had seen in the years prior to his death. He named the infant baby/stillborn that he & my mom had. A brother that I didn't get the chance to grow up with.

My mom said "thank you" to me right before she died. My sister & I took her to all appointments and kept her in her home while on her death bed. She was so scared we'd put her in hospice but we wanted to respect her wishes. Hard, but worth it in my opinion.

I'm on my phone so formatting and spelling likely suck.

Zinfandel , Bret Kavanaugh Report

Final score:

38points

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Learner Panda 6 months ago

"Thank you" were also my father's last words to me. Precious.

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#28

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) My dad's last word was an answer to a question.

"Hospice."

He suffered a spinal stroke that paralyzed him from the neck down and he could not breathe on his own, so he was on a ventilator for two months. We were told he wasn't recovering like he should be and the term of care at the place he was at was coming to an end. We either needed to transfer him to a long term care facility, or go with hospice care. I wasn't comfortable making the decision without his input, so we got him alert enough and got a device attached to his trach tube to let him speak a little. I explained the situation and asked what he wanted to do. That one word is all he even tried to say. He was just done with it all.

I'm thankful to the nurse who helped us and him get through it all, but it's kind of scary how easily a s****y situation can just destroy someone's will to live.

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Final score:

34points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 6 months ago

My dad was on hospice. It gave my mom a well-needed break, and professionals she could talk to (she had been a geriatric nurse). They did the physical care Mom just wasn't able to do anymore, and made Dad as comfortable as possible.

12points

#29

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) Its quite common, It would have to be elderly dying patients crying out and asking for their mama. .

Apollyon314 , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

34points

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TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 6 months ago

something like this happened to my great grandmother, where she would be crying out for her parents, or for her husband, or her daughter. all of them were dead already. it was really sad

18points

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#30

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) Maybe the scariest thing is that a lot of people don’t get a dignified “last word” like most of the time it’s traumatic and they don’t even get to speak before it happens.

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31points

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Darius S. (he/him) cis/grey 6 months ago

that's what gets me about Terror, it happens in the normal.. just stocking milk to the shelf

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#31

My dad had to temporarily go into a care facility, while I was visiting he got a new roommate. The man was crying that he was going to die, the workere tried to assure him he wouldn’t. One told him his daughter was on her way. He cried “I’ll be dead before then!”

I went home. Dad told me the man did die that night, and before his daughter got there.

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21points

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#32

Not scary but heartwarming yet sad. I was this gentlemen's nurse for 2 days. He was having breathing issues d/t chronic lung problems. On my 3rd day with him he's breathing harder but still okay. He talks with the doctor and decided he wants to go DNR, after the doctor leaves im helping him with his oxymask and he looks at me and says "I'm really glade your my nurse today." His brother comes in and I leave the room so they can talk. Not even 10mins later the brother comes out of the room and says "I think he stopped breathing." I go inside and sure enough the gentlemen passed away peacefully. This happened 2 years ago and still to this day the one patient I remember the most.

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21points

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#33

My mum told my sister to take her hands off her before they increase the morphine.

She was trying to get out of bed to go home - she was fed up with the hospital. It was the final burst of energy before death, and we had to hold her gently to explain to her she couldn’t go.

I hope my sister was so sleep deprived she forgot those words, and I hope she remembers she helped soothed my mum in her final moments by playing recordings she has of our grandmother singing Polish hymns.

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19points

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Huddo's sister 5 months ago

My grandad kept trying to get up from bed to go to the bathroom before he died. He had had falls and trouble walking, so wasn't able to get up. His bed was on the floor with an alarm mat beside it because he kept trying. He was catheterised so didn't need to go to the toilet anyway, and had only been having liquids for a few days. He was pretty delirious. It was pretty troubling compared to the other deaths I witnessed before that, which were all peaceful.

0points

#34

I spoke with the medic who worked on my son. He said The last thing Sage said was "I think I did something really stupid." Then he went to sleep and never woke back up.

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18points

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MaryHadaLittleLamb 6 months ago

😢

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#35

Paramedic here. Went on a lift assist last year. Tried forever to get this woman up off of her bathroom floor. She was a very large woman, so we had to call the fire department for help. She had been weak for the past couple of days so I convinced her to go to the hospital for evaluation. While wheeling her out to the ambulance, she told her son “I’ll call you when I get there.” From loading her into the ambulance to when I climbed in, she went into pulseless V-tach and died. It was so surreal.

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16points

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#36

My dad just passed last Tuesday in hospice. He had dementia and was sleeping all the time at home.

I went in and all of sudden he kinda sat up and his eyes were wide open. He hadn't opened his eyes for days. He sat up and stared at me. I was panicking. He tried to gasp for air 2x then fell back. Eyes shut. I knew he was gone. But witnessing him trying to get air was absolutely horrible. I just hope he was not aware of what was going on.

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16points

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#37

Emotional Last Words Heard By Medical Staff From Patients On Their Deathbeds (30 Moments) My grandpa’s last words, as he was being settled into a nursing home bed for rehabilitative care: “I’m so damn uncomfortable.”

He passed not five minutes later. I’ve often wondered if he’d have lived a little longer had we brought him home, instead.

Lentra888 , engin akyurt Report

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15points

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Zorro The Bus Conductor 6 months ago

Never ever think "what if", it will eat you up.

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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 6 months ago

The last time I visited my nana before she died, she just hugged me, said “let me get a good look at you,” and smiled. About a week later, I got the little wooden bird I’d given her back.

12points

Tamra 6 months ago

I'm sure you were a great source of pride and joy for her, and she had the gift of your presence and love when it mattered.

4points

Shine Chisholm (they/ them) 6 months ago

My grandfather's last words were to tell me to keep practicing the fiddle. He was a professional bluegrass musician, and he was living with my family up until he went. I feel terrible, often, that I didn't keep up with practicing.

7points

LakotaWolf (she/her) 6 months ago

I wish I'd gotten to hear my dad's voice one last time before he died. I was at his bedside and holding his hand as he passed. But he'd had an accident 21 years before and had sustained catastrophic brain damage. He had been bedridden, with a feeding tube, diapers, the whole nine yards, for 21 years. I hadn't heard him speak since I was 18, when his accident happened. I'd just gotten dumped by my first boyfriend a few days before my dad's accident, so I was being a moody teenager and I don't even remember what we talked about on the day before his accident :(

4points

Ovata Acronicta 6 months ago

(I'm at #17, as a reminder to myself when I come back in here.) Had to take a break from the list and go get Grandma's clothes part1 out of the dryer. List reminded a lot of taking care of her during her end-of-life stage. It hurts a lot, it'll be a year next month. When pulling out her clothes yesterday to start washing them, find what's suitable to either put up in a garage sale or donate, I found a little voice recorder and some tapes. Batteries looked good. Could be anything on there, really, and it's a questionable choice to hit play but I did anyway. She said "Testing 123, testing 123" and the entire truck of grief came right through the window and destroyed me. That was her voice, something I haven't heard for almost a year. Later Dad said not to listen to it since there might be other things on there. And, yeah, I'm not sure what's on it. Could theorize. I also, weirdly, found tax info with my name on it from 1998, when I was 7. Wonder what that's about.

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Ovata Acronicta 6 months ago

Finished folding part1. Finished the list. May or may not head to the reddit post this pulled from. As far as last words, Grandma didn't really have any. Her sister showed up a week before she died, and Grandma was more mentally present and conversational than she had been in a long time. Would be the last day she'd communicate. Hospice sent us a bed that next day and we moved her into it, but almost all physical contact was so utterly painful for her and she would cry out. Honestly we opted to not change her and left it for when the nurses would come - she wasn't voiding much at this point anyway, but it came down to not wanting to be the ones to hurt her. She was very peaceful the day the shower aide came, aside from shifting her, the contact of us washing her did not seem to hurt her. Shower aide asked me to message her when it was time, but she knew it was the last time she'd be here. Grandma passed that night. I really hope she was at peace and we finally got ahead of her pain.

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Mad McQueen 6 months ago

I overdosed once as a teen on sleeping pills. I remember taking them then for some reason I went downstairs to sit on the couch. My sister and brother were there an it was before dinner. I know I dozed out. And then there was nothing. No sound or light or weight or even thinking. Then I had a thought. I hadn't thought anything in a while. And I woke up. My sister said she tried to wake me but couldn't and thought I was faking and stuck a pin in my leg and I didn't move. My brother shook me. But they still thought I was faking. They called my mom from the kitchen in and she thought I was faking. So she left the room. When I woke up it was 3 hours since I had sat there. Basically dead on the couch. They ate dinner thinking I was sleeping and faking sleep for some reason. It was hard to move after that. I still wish I could go back. It was like inside of nothing. Peaceful.

2points

UpQuarkDownQuark (he/him) 6 months ago

Not last words, but I fondly remember a woman who passed about 25 years ago. She lived in a small, nice nursing home, and I delivered oxygen once a week. I never saw her awake; she just slept peacefully as I rolled two tanks into her closet. Then one time I walked in, and she opened her eyes and gave me the loveliest, warmest smile. Then she closed her eyes and went back to sleep. I called next week to confirm the delivery, and they said she had passed a few days prior. I had a tiny shared moment with a stranger that I’ll cherish until I close my eyes for the last time.

2points

Lyone Fein 6 months ago

I found most of these uplifting, not heartbreaking at all. Congratulations to the article writer! This is an exceptional story.

2points

Lorius Interruptus 6 months ago

My husband (48yo) told me he was going to go take a nap and asked if he could get an extra hug and kiss before he laid down. I told him there was no such thing as extra and he could have all the hugs and kisses that he wants. He died in his sleep during that nap.

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Scarlett 6 months ago

Both my grandparent’s last words to me were “I love you.” Unfortunately my narcissistic sociopath of a grandfather on my father’s side is still kicking out of what I believe is sheer spite.

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General Stukov 5 months ago

While not a human he was a faimily member. Our dog Hurley collapsed one morning and our neighbor helped rush him to the vet, the vet said they couldn't find anything wrong with him but when i had to leave around 6pm for work i went in there and helped put him on the bed, he was just so weak and i knew. I gave him a kiss of the forehead and said, "you are the bestest boy ever" and he gave me one tail wag and went back to shaking. I was crying all the way to work and at about 3am after the ending of my break my mom called me to tell me he passed. He really is the bestest boy ever.

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Jeremy James 6 months ago

This got me thinking. I know we don't get to choose. But I really hope that I go consciously and that I'm outside, looking up at the sky instead of staring at a water stain on some drop ceiling. Moon and stars would be nice, but a blue sky works, too.

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Mark Rudolph 6 months ago

My dad's last "words" were to kiss my mother. He had been on at-home hospice, and we all knew his time was at hand. He been non-verbal but still mentally fully aware for several days. In the morning he motioned to my mother to come over to him and to lean down. Dad then sort of cocked his head forward as best he could and gave Mom a gentle peck on the cheek. (They had celebrated 50 years of marriage earlier that summer.) Shortly after, Dad lapsed into a coma and then passed away that night.

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Dak Janiels 6 months ago

Not her LAST words, but the last ones to me- I visited my grandmother in a long term care facility (she had advanced dimenta/alz) and she thought I was my uncle and offered to make me something to eat (even though it was just a room), I was sad to see her that way, and that she didn't recognize me, though I expected it. I stayed 10 minutes or so talking with her, and a couple of minutes before I left, her eyes seemed to clear, and looking intently at me, she said "I know you, I see you now (and said my name smiling). I know my mind is going, but don't you ever think I could forget you. You always made me and your grandad so happy." I smiled and hugged her, 30 seconds later, she was back to forgetting, but I never forgot that my grandmother was still there, and loved me.

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Doodles1983 6 months ago

I remember my granddads last words to me. He was in hospice and we had been told to call family. He sat bolt upright, looked me square in the face and told me “I have to pee.” (Thick Welsh accent.) I didn’t make it to my Nan, I was in school but my brother asked if he should get me and she let his hand go. My mum, I don’t remember. But “I love you” was said before she fell asleep a week before she went. And I also told her I had organised my sisters op (sis was 16). My father in law had waited for me to visit, he passed about 20 minutes after I got there. My aunt, I can’t remember. But did tell her about the house we were moving to. I hate that I’ve seen so many die to cancer. And hate that even knowing it was coming, I can’t accurately recall final exact words.

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Richard Graham 6 months ago

As Albert Einstein was dying he said something very profound. The only person in the room with him was a Nurse who spoke no German. So these last words are lost to history.

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Poppy 6 months ago

The only death I was there for was my paternal grandmother. There was only my sister and I there with her as my dad had gone to collect his disabled wife up from home to say goodbye. She'd been fairly agitated, pulling her blanket off and just twitching her arms and hands. As she was a lifelong devout catholic we knew she'd want last rites. The priest came, performed last rites and she managed to cross herself. She passed away around 10 minutes later. Whilst I'm an atheist I'm glad she knew the priest had given her last rites as it would have brought her comfort. I had to tell my dad she'd passed before he'd managed to get back to the hospital. That was what f****d me up the most.

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Sarah Léon 6 months ago

When we learnt my mom's very agressive lung cancer was going to win and my mom and the doctor decided to go palliative, she took my hand and told me to be careful with bad women (I'm a lesbian) and not to stay in my bedroom as the feral girl I tend to be. I try to follow her rules. 18 months later, my father died of cancer too. Few days before he stopped talking, he took my hand and told me he was sorry to leave me alone. He was so right... I miss them so much...

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Doodles1983 6 months ago

I’m so sorry for your losses. Cancer is evil.

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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 6 months ago

The last time I visited my nana before she died, she just hugged me, said “let me get a good look at you,” and smiled. About a week later, I got the little wooden bird I’d given her back.

12points

Tamra 6 months ago

I'm sure you were a great source of pride and joy for her, and she had the gift of your presence and love when it mattered.

4points

Shine Chisholm (they/ them) 6 months ago

7points

LakotaWolf (she/her) 6 months ago

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Ovata Acronicta 6 months ago

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Ovata Acronicta 6 months ago

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