Penny Smith

I really see these very, very end-of-life signs, and I think he's going to die really soon. Each one of the women grabbed a body part One at each hand and one at the foot. And they started stroking his hand. It's okay. It's okay. We're here. It's okay. We're here. And I said, I'm just going to go step out of the room and go do some charting. Come and get me when you're ready.

I really see these very, very end-of-life signs, and I think he's going to die really soon. Each one of the women grabbed a body part One at each hand and one at the foot. And they started stroking his hand. It's okay. It's okay. We're here. It's okay. We're here. And I said, I'm just going to go step out of the room and go do some charting. Come and get me when you're ready.

I really see these very, very end-of-life signs, and I think he's going to die really soon. Each one of the women grabbed a body part One at each hand and one at the foot. And they started stroking his hand. It's okay. It's okay. We're here. It's okay. We're here. And I said, I'm just going to go step out of the room and go do some charting. Come and get me when you're ready.

So I was in the kitchen. I'm like there for 20 or 30 minutes. And I'm thinking, okay. Dang, he should be gone by now. So I went back in there. They're still, it's okay, dad, we're here. And I said, is he the kind of guy that would want you doting on him while he was alive?

So I was in the kitchen. I'm like there for 20 or 30 minutes. And I'm thinking, okay. Dang, he should be gone by now. So I went back in there. They're still, it's okay, dad, we're here. And I said, is he the kind of guy that would want you doting on him while he was alive?

So I was in the kitchen. I'm like there for 20 or 30 minutes. And I'm thinking, okay. Dang, he should be gone by now. So I went back in there. They're still, it's okay, dad, we're here. And I said, is he the kind of guy that would want you doting on him while he was alive?

And one of the daughters just looked at me, her eyes got wide and she just dropped his hand and she goes, I got to go to the bathroom. And then the other two women, same thing. They just all just made a beeline for the door. And so then it was just me and the dog was under the bed. So I walked out into the kitchen and I said, you know, sometimes we keep people here.

And one of the daughters just looked at me, her eyes got wide and she just dropped his hand and she goes, I got to go to the bathroom. And then the other two women, same thing. They just all just made a beeline for the door. And so then it was just me and the dog was under the bed. So I walked out into the kitchen and I said, you know, sometimes we keep people here.

And one of the daughters just looked at me, her eyes got wide and she just dropped his hand and she goes, I got to go to the bathroom. And then the other two women, same thing. They just all just made a beeline for the door. And so then it was just me and the dog was under the bed. So I walked out into the kitchen and I said, you know, sometimes we keep people here.

We don't mean to, but we keep people here. And for as long as that conversation took, one minute, two minutes, I turned around and walked back in and he was dead when I went back in the room.

We don't mean to, but we keep people here. And for as long as that conversation took, one minute, two minutes, I turned around and walked back in and he was dead when I went back in the room.

We don't mean to, but we keep people here. And for as long as that conversation took, one minute, two minutes, I turned around and walked back in and he was dead when I went back in the room.

Yeah. Or holding on for an event sometimes too, or holding on. And that's, That seems more deliberate. They're more awake when that's happening. I think when it's more profound is when the person is dying and you're like, what is going on? And, you know, I always say, because families will think their person who's dying is suffering if they're lingering.

Yeah. Or holding on for an event sometimes too, or holding on. And that's, That seems more deliberate. They're more awake when that's happening. I think when it's more profound is when the person is dying and you're like, what is going on? And, you know, I always say, because families will think their person who's dying is suffering if they're lingering.

Yeah. Or holding on for an event sometimes too, or holding on. And that's, That seems more deliberate. They're more awake when that's happening. I think when it's more profound is when the person is dying and you're like, what is going on? And, you know, I always say, because families will think their person who's dying is suffering if they're lingering.

So my catchphrase is lingering does not equal suffering if that person who's dying is comfortable. But it is hard on the family. The family is suffering. And death takes as long as it takes. And sometimes it takes a while. And we don't know what's going on in here when a person's dying. We don't know if they're going through life review. We just don't know.

So my catchphrase is lingering does not equal suffering if that person who's dying is comfortable. But it is hard on the family. The family is suffering. And death takes as long as it takes. And sometimes it takes a while. And we don't know what's going on in here when a person's dying. We don't know if they're going through life review. We just don't know.

So my catchphrase is lingering does not equal suffering if that person who's dying is comfortable. But it is hard on the family. The family is suffering. And death takes as long as it takes. And sometimes it takes a while. And we don't know what's going on in here when a person's dying. We don't know if they're going through life review. We just don't know.

But there comes a point when sometimes even us, the hospice professionals, are like, what is keeping them here? And we start to say, is there somebody they haven't talked to? Is there something they were waiting for? And oftentimes it's somebody that they haven't said goodbye to, you know, a sister that lives on the East Coast.

But there comes a point when sometimes even us, the hospice professionals, are like, what is keeping them here? And we start to say, is there somebody they haven't talked to? Is there something they were waiting for? And oftentimes it's somebody that they haven't said goodbye to, you know, a sister that lives on the East Coast.