Penny Smith

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.

And I would get the phone and hold the phone up for the patient so that they could hear her voice. And then they would die shortly after that.

And I would get the phone and hold the phone up for the patient so that they could hear her voice. And then they would die shortly after that.

And I would get the phone and hold the phone up for the patient so that they could hear her voice. And then they would die shortly after that.

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Yeah. The moment of death is, and even leading up to it, most people are peaceful. When people come on to hospice, usually their initial reaction is fear. Like, oh my gosh, I'm for real dying right now. And you just proved it by putting me on hospice. But they will almost always work through that and get to a place of acceptance and

Yeah. The moment of death is, and even leading up to it, most people are peaceful. When people come on to hospice, usually their initial reaction is fear. Like, oh my gosh, I'm for real dying right now. And you just proved it by putting me on hospice. But they will almost always work through that and get to a place of acceptance and

Yeah. The moment of death is, and even leading up to it, most people are peaceful. When people come on to hospice, usually their initial reaction is fear. Like, oh my gosh, I'm for real dying right now. And you just proved it by putting me on hospice. But they will almost always work through that and get to a place of acceptance and

And then if they're scared of anything, it's not of death or what happens after death. It's either what is dying going to be like for me? Will I suffer? Will I be in pain? How is my family going to be? Those are the things that people worry about when they're dying. And so by the time they're dying, they're usually just okay with the fact that they're dying.

And then if they're scared of anything, it's not of death or what happens after death. It's either what is dying going to be like for me? Will I suffer? Will I be in pain? How is my family going to be? Those are the things that people worry about when they're dying. And so by the time they're dying, they're usually just okay with the fact that they're dying.

And then if they're scared of anything, it's not of death or what happens after death. It's either what is dying going to be like for me? Will I suffer? Will I be in pain? How is my family going to be? Those are the things that people worry about when they're dying. And so by the time they're dying, they're usually just okay with the fact that they're dying.

I had one patient in the hospice care center who was very, very fearful until the end. And he had a lung disease. He was young. He was in his forties. He was alone. His family wasn't present. And I went in there with the hospice aid and I was standing on one side of the bed and I, I took his hand and I gave him all the medication we could possibly throw at him.

I had one patient in the hospice care center who was very, very fearful until the end. And he had a lung disease. He was young. He was in his forties. He was alone. His family wasn't present. And I went in there with the hospice aid and I was standing on one side of the bed and I, I took his hand and I gave him all the medication we could possibly throw at him.

I had one patient in the hospice care center who was very, very fearful until the end. And he had a lung disease. He was young. He was in his forties. He was alone. His family wasn't present. And I went in there with the hospice aid and I was standing on one side of the bed and I, I took his hand and I gave him all the medication we could possibly throw at him.

So I'm standing at one side holding his hand. She's at the other side holding his hand. And I could just see the fear on his face. And he was just struggling and struggling. And all of a sudden, he looks up and peace just washed over his face. And then he died. It was unbelievable. And I looked at the aide and I said, have you ever seen anything like that? And she said, never. Have you?

So I'm standing at one side holding his hand. She's at the other side holding his hand. And I could just see the fear on his face. And he was just struggling and struggling. And all of a sudden, he looks up and peace just washed over his face. And then he died. It was unbelievable. And I looked at the aide and I said, have you ever seen anything like that? And she said, never. Have you?

So I'm standing at one side holding his hand. She's at the other side holding his hand. And I could just see the fear on his face. And he was just struggling and struggling. And all of a sudden, he looks up and peace just washed over his face. And then he died. It was unbelievable. And I looked at the aide and I said, have you ever seen anything like that? And she said, never. Have you?

And I was like, never. I mean, it was an experience that words can't do justice. I can't even describe it adequately to see this. It was just like peace. It just, yeah. And that's the only time I've ever really seen somebody be fearful right up until their death.