Sooner or later it happens to us all!!!
By Kevin
@kevin1877uk (36988)
February 26, 2019 3:28pm CST
Sooner or later it happens to us all!!!
Many of you know that I work in the local hospital, a job I love doing.
I work on the Cardio ward where many people are waiting for bypasses, stents, pacemakers or new pacemakers because the one they have, is woken out. Over my time there I’ve met some wonderful and amazing people, telling me their stories, some I could listen to all day.
Sadly, working in a hospital you see death, something that will happen to us all at some point. Until I started working in the hospital, I’d never seen anyone that had passed away before, but in a matter of weeks, I did. It was shocking to go into someone room to find that they had passed away, but over time you get used to it, I guess.
Just over a week ago and not having anyone pass away for some time I went into an elderly man room and discovered he had passed away. He was an end of life patient so at any time he could have done. Sadly,
when he passed away there wasn’t anyone there for him. Matter of days later another elderly man passed away but this time his family was there when he did. This morning a lady in her later ’60s was live at 9am she too was an end of life patient, by 10am she had passed away, again no family was there for her, sad really.
I think it would be nice to have someone there when you do pass away but I guess that’s not always going to happen for several reasons. When you pass away would you like your family to be there or remember you as you were?
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10 responses
@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
26 Feb 19
I think I would want my family there or at least someone. It takes a special person to work in the Cardio ward. I couldn't say enough good things about the staff that work in the Cardio ward I was in. They went above and beyond.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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26 Feb 19
Thank you, yes me too, I would like to have someone close to me.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
26 Feb 19
This is not a topic that I like to discuss in great detail. I would like someone to be there with me if I was aware of what was going on. If I wasn't aware then I wouldn't expect anyone to be around. I wouldn't want a person to feel guilty for not being there in my last moments either.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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26 Feb 19
I think it's not a topic anyone really talks about. I do find it sad that so many pass way without anyone, maybe they don't have any family or children or for some other reason.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
26 Feb 19
@kevin1877uk The family could be too far away as well. There really is no telling. Sometimes the parents outlive their children, which is sad in an of itself.
I could not work in a hospital, I would be bawling my eyes out everyday.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
26 Feb 19
I know that when each of my parents passed away I was there to hold their hands and one of my brothers was also there. I would not have wanted them to pass away without me being there.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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26 Feb 19
I'm so glad that you were there when they did :)
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
27 Feb 19
I would want to but if I was too old to even remember, it wouldn't matter.
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@1creekgirl (41424)
• United States
26 Feb 19
I would really like for my family to be there with me if possible.
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@much2say (55601)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Feb 19
I would hope family would be there, but I suppose it would be there choice. My husband was there by his dad's bedside at the hospice when he faded into passing. My mother in law came around a couple hours later - I don't think she would have wanted to witness it. And my husband's sister didn't come or ever came around to visit - she wanted to remember him as he was (sadly, when he was alive he couldn't remember her).
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@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Feb 19
It is good I think if there is someone there when people pass away. It must be quite a tough job at times. Are you still knitting and selling on your store?
@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
27 Feb 19
Yes you are right.That's why we have to be prepared and always pray to God and try to do good things because at anytime that will happen.
