If you know anyone who has been in Hospice, then you know that they are there during their final days of life. Some of the people who are in Hospice don’t know much about what’s going on in the world around them while others talk until they take their last breath.
A Hospice worker recently gave a bit of insight as to what most dying patients will do in their final hours. Family members usually gather around their loved one in a Hospice room so that they can say their final good-byes.
Doctors sometimes give patients a few hours to live when they continue breathing for a few days. Even though some people have all of their family members around them, they want to die alone.
One woman wanted to die peacefully in the room by herself so that her family didn’t see her pass away.
The family didn’t want to leave her side. Someone was always at her bed side so that she was comforted. They would hold her hand or talk to her. They asked the doctor why she wasn’t letting go, and the doctor continued to give the usual speech about passing in her own time.
The family left the room for five minutes one day, and in those five minutes, she passed away. Many people will hold on until the time is right. They use willpower in order to die alone.
Some patients wait for the comfort of family while others just let go when they feel they need to in order to cause the least pain.
