Penny Smith

you know, we had the shutdown, but my husband and I were still working, but every, everything else was shut down. The grocery stores, the restaurants, the YMCA, where I was working out, he worked nights, I worked days. And so I was super bored. And I heard about Tik TOK and I got on there and totally got sucked in scrolling through.

you know, we had the shutdown, but my husband and I were still working, but every, everything else was shut down. The grocery stores, the restaurants, the YMCA, where I was working out, he worked nights, I worked days. And so I was super bored. And I heard about Tik TOK and I got on there and totally got sucked in scrolling through.

And, uh, you know, it was kind of playing around with some of the trends, trying to learn how to shuffle dance, never dead spoiler alert. Uh, uh, And then one day, I don't know why, but I decided to post a story. And the story that I told was about one of my earlier experiences working in hospice when I had a patient who was an elderly woman and her daughter was a nun.

And, uh, you know, it was kind of playing around with some of the trends, trying to learn how to shuffle dance, never dead spoiler alert. Uh, uh, And then one day, I don't know why, but I decided to post a story. And the story that I told was about one of my earlier experiences working in hospice when I had a patient who was an elderly woman and her daughter was a nun.

And, uh, you know, it was kind of playing around with some of the trends, trying to learn how to shuffle dance, never dead spoiler alert. Uh, uh, And then one day, I don't know why, but I decided to post a story. And the story that I told was about one of my earlier experiences working in hospice when I had a patient who was an elderly woman and her daughter was a nun.

And so she had a lot of nuns visiting her all the time. And one evening, the last visitor was in the room with her and she came out to the nurse's station and she said, she's gone. And I said, oh, and I stood up and I grabbed my stethoscope and she said, no, no, no. Her body is still here doing the work of dying, but her spirit has left. You can see it in her eyes. And I was like, what?

And so she had a lot of nuns visiting her all the time. And one evening, the last visitor was in the room with her and she came out to the nurse's station and she said, she's gone. And I said, oh, and I stood up and I grabbed my stethoscope and she said, no, no, no. Her body is still here doing the work of dying, but her spirit has left. You can see it in her eyes. And I was like, what?

And so she had a lot of nuns visiting her all the time. And one evening, the last visitor was in the room with her and she came out to the nurse's station and she said, she's gone. And I said, oh, and I stood up and I grabbed my stethoscope and she said, no, no, no. Her body is still here doing the work of dying, but her spirit has left. You can see it in her eyes. And I was like, what?

Wow, that's really fascinating. I'm going to have to check that out. So as soon as she left, I walked into the room and I looked at this woman and I could see what she was talking about. Her neck was hyperextended, which is really common at the end of life. Mouth was open. Almost always people die with their mouth open.

Wow, that's really fascinating. I'm going to have to check that out. So as soon as she left, I walked into the room and I looked at this woman and I could see what she was talking about. Her neck was hyperextended, which is really common at the end of life. Mouth was open. Almost always people die with their mouth open.

Wow, that's really fascinating. I'm going to have to check that out. So as soon as she left, I walked into the room and I looked at this woman and I could see what she was talking about. Her neck was hyperextended, which is really common at the end of life. Mouth was open. Almost always people die with their mouth open.

And her eyes were open, which people usually die with their eyes open or partially open. And they were just like she had this fixed gaze, right? And the best way I can describe it is the lights are on, but nobody's there. And I just, what she said just really resonated with me. Like, I get it. Her body is still here. It's still doing this work of dying.

And her eyes were open, which people usually die with their eyes open or partially open. And they were just like she had this fixed gaze, right? And the best way I can describe it is the lights are on, but nobody's there. And I just, what she said just really resonated with me. Like, I get it. Her body is still here. It's still doing this work of dying.

And her eyes were open, which people usually die with their eyes open or partially open. And they were just like she had this fixed gaze, right? And the best way I can describe it is the lights are on, but nobody's there. And I just, what she said just really resonated with me. Like, I get it. Her body is still here. It's still doing this work of dying.

But her spirit, her essence, her soul, whatever you want to call it, has left. It's not in her body anymore. Is it in the room? Maybe. I don't know. Is it just gone to wherever we go after this? I don't know. But you could really sense that she was out of her body. So that video gained a lot of views. It went viral for the time.

But her spirit, her essence, her soul, whatever you want to call it, has left. It's not in her body anymore. Is it in the room? Maybe. I don't know. Is it just gone to wherever we go after this? I don't know. But you could really sense that she was out of her body. So that video gained a lot of views. It went viral for the time.

But her spirit, her essence, her soul, whatever you want to call it, has left. It's not in her body anymore. Is it in the room? Maybe. I don't know. Is it just gone to wherever we go after this? I don't know. But you could really sense that she was out of her body. So that video gained a lot of views. It went viral for the time.

I can't remember how many views it got, but over the course of a couple days, all of a sudden, I went from having 100 followers to 10,000 followers. And I was like, oh, okay, I found my niche. I'm very, very passionate about advocating for hospice and educating on the end of life. It's my area of expertise. I'm literally a subject matter expert by virtue of being a certified hospice nurse.

I can't remember how many views it got, but over the course of a couple days, all of a sudden, I went from having 100 followers to 10,000 followers. And I was like, oh, okay, I found my niche. I'm very, very passionate about advocating for hospice and educating on the end of life. It's my area of expertise. I'm literally a subject matter expert by virtue of being a certified hospice nurse.

I can't remember how many views it got, but over the course of a couple days, all of a sudden, I went from having 100 followers to 10,000 followers. And I was like, oh, okay, I found my niche. I'm very, very passionate about advocating for hospice and educating on the end of life. It's my area of expertise. I'm literally a subject matter expert by virtue of being a certified hospice nurse.