"A family friend had a very young niece who was dying from cancer. Her parents were there to comfort her in the final hours, and one of the last things she asked was, 'How do I die?'" - Anonymous
"It wasn't words, but the most haunting death was a patient who was DNR, through her and her family's wishes. She was losing her battle, and her family wasn't there. She was getting frantic and looking around... The patient immediately calmed, put her head back on the pillow, and died." - u/readerf52
"I'm a nurse and was working in a hospital, caring for a 40-ish man with a brain tumor. His 16-year-old daughter was crying nonstop... The only response we observed was that this profoundly unconscious patient took her hand to his lips and kissed it. He stopped breathing very soon after that." - u/quaquero
"We had a patient... Every interaction was very unpleasant. Well, I just had a bad breakup, and..." - RN here.
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