Prayers to your loved one and to you and your incredible commitment. It's funny though, about the dying....you leave the room for a minute to use the bathroom or get some water, and when you come back to them, they've passed. I've heard a few people say that sometimes the dying know when they are alone and wait for that time to pass.

Just a thought.

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Posted by tigernurse

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Posted on 1/7/24 at 10:42 pm to G Vice

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I've heard a few people say that sometimes the dying know when they are alone and wait for that time to pass.

my mom did this very thing. she held on for a little more than a week at the end of her illness - completely comatose, and once my oldest brother, who had been at her bedside with me the whole time, left to go back to memphis to see his wife and kids- our mom passed within abt an hour.

He told me later night when she died, that she'd mentioned before something to the effect that she couldn't die if he were there. crazy. it still haunts my brother to this day.

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Posted by LaLadyinTx

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Posted on 1/10/24 at 2:55 pm to G Vice

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Prayers to your loved one and to you and your incredible commitment. It's funny though, about the dying....you leave the room for a minute to use the bathroom or get some water, and when you come back to them, they've passed. I've heard a few people say that sometimes the dying know when they are alone and wait for that time to pass.

Just a thought.

This happened with my step dad. My mom had him fairly settled and stepped into the bathroom for a quick shower. When she came out, he was gone. The Hospice nurses said it's very common. That quite often it's like the person doesn't want to subject their loved one to being there to see them die. They often wait till they are alone.

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