David Kessler
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And I have people write down, what if we'd gotten a second opinion?
If only we had seen all those what ifs.
After I have them, list the what ifs and if onlys.
Give it space.
Let it breathe.
Talk about them.
I'm not going to, you know, people go, don't talk that way.
You can't bring your dad back.
Shut up.
Let me talk.
People talk.
I listen.
We go through the what-ifs.
I give them their due.
Then I have them cross out the what-if and go even if.
Even if dad got a second opinion, he would have died.
Even if.
That's the reality.
Now, if I was talking to your husband, I would especially say this knowing he's a death doula.
I would say to him, I worked for over a decade in a hospital system.