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<blockquote data-quote="THAT Gurl" data-source="post: 4161340" data-attributes="member: 45551"><p>I have to say -- not to derail Bobby's thread -- there are a couple of hospice nurses I follow on YT and their stance is that once a person makes up their mind, for whatever reason, that it is time, the kindest and gentlest thing a family can do respect their wishes and simply make them comfortable and let them know they are loved and will be missed.</p><p></p><p>Apparently once their mind is made up there is a phase called "active dying". They used to think keeping a person hydrated was the gentlest thing to do but apparently that is not the case and it IS better to let the person's body does what a body does when passing on.</p><p></p><p>So ... What you did for your dad was literally the kindest thing any son could have done for his father. You should take great comfort in that.</p><p></p><p>As should Bobby for what he is doing for his mom.</p><p></p><p>I know my family situation isn't the norm but I do know I mourned the loss of my parents WAY before they passed. It's just unfortunate they couldn't ever see the forest for the trees. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😕" title="Confused face :confused:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" data-shortname=":confused:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="THAT Gurl, post: 4161340, member: 45551"] I have to say -- not to derail Bobby's thread -- there are a couple of hospice nurses I follow on YT and their stance is that once a person makes up their mind, for whatever reason, that it is time, the kindest and gentlest thing a family can do respect their wishes and simply make them comfortable and let them know they are loved and will be missed. Apparently once their mind is made up there is a phase called "active dying". They used to think keeping a person hydrated was the gentlest thing to do but apparently that is not the case and it IS better to let the person's body does what a body does when passing on. So ... What you did for your dad was literally the kindest thing any son could have done for his father. You should take great comfort in that. As should Bobby for what he is doing for his mom. I know my family situation isn't the norm but I do know I mourned the loss of my parents WAY before they passed. It's just unfortunate they couldn't ever see the forest for the trees. 😕 [/QUOTE]
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