Zach Bush

You know, when you see kids on hospice and watch them transition, it's so starkly different than how adults tend to transition or our elderly experience. There was an 11-year-old girl that passed away under my care. That has really stuck with me.

You know, when you see kids on hospice and watch them transition, it's so starkly different than how adults tend to transition or our elderly experience. There was an 11-year-old girl that passed away under my care. That has really stuck with me.

She really showed me what it looks like to be fearless in life and have no fear of death either and just ready for the transition and, in fact, relieved for the transition, I think, a lot. She seemed to be somebody who picked her exit moment. She had overheard a doctor talking to her parents earlier in the year

She really showed me what it looks like to be fearless in life and have no fear of death either and just ready for the transition and, in fact, relieved for the transition, I think, a lot. She seemed to be somebody who picked her exit moment. She had overheard a doctor talking to her parents earlier in the year

She really showed me what it looks like to be fearless in life and have no fear of death either and just ready for the transition and, in fact, relieved for the transition, I think, a lot. She seemed to be somebody who picked her exit moment. She had overheard a doctor talking to her parents earlier in the year

that the doctor was trying to help the parents come to terms with the fact that this was the end. The parents had struggled to stop doing the heroic efforts, you know, and the transition to hospice for a child is very difficult for a parent to...

that the doctor was trying to help the parents come to terms with the fact that this was the end. The parents had struggled to stop doing the heroic efforts, you know, and the transition to hospice for a child is very difficult for a parent to...

that the doctor was trying to help the parents come to terms with the fact that this was the end. The parents had struggled to stop doing the heroic efforts, you know, and the transition to hospice for a child is very difficult for a parent to...

come to terms with the fact that there really is you know an end point coming is really hard and they had you know pushed for so much care over the years so much treatment and surgeries and interventions and 40 rounds of chemo and This kiddo had been through so much, and she overheard the doctor say, you know, trying to get through to the parents the severity of the situation.

come to terms with the fact that there really is you know an end point coming is really hard and they had you know pushed for so much care over the years so much treatment and surgeries and interventions and 40 rounds of chemo and This kiddo had been through so much, and she overheard the doctor say, you know, trying to get through to the parents the severity of the situation.

come to terms with the fact that there really is you know an end point coming is really hard and they had you know pushed for so much care over the years so much treatment and surgeries and interventions and 40 rounds of chemo and This kiddo had been through so much, and she overheard the doctor say, you know, trying to get through to the parents the severity of the situation.

She had overheard them that he didn't feel that she would, you know, still be alive by the end of the year kind of thing. And that was, you know, February or something like that, that she had overheard that. And she ended up passing away around, you know, late in the evening on the last day of the year.

She had overheard them that he didn't feel that she would, you know, still be alive by the end of the year kind of thing. And that was, you know, February or something like that, that she had overheard that. And she ended up passing away around, you know, late in the evening on the last day of the year.

She had overheard them that he didn't feel that she would, you know, still be alive by the end of the year kind of thing. And that was, you know, February or something like that, that she had overheard that. And she ended up passing away around, you know, late in the evening on the last day of the year.

And so, you could tell in that experience that she had logged in her brain that she didn't, there was no longer any expectation for her to be around into the new year, you know, and she had held on. for as long as she could or felt like she needed to for her parents, really. And I've seen that a lot with death and dying, whether it be an elder or a child.

And so, you could tell in that experience that she had logged in her brain that she didn't, there was no longer any expectation for her to be around into the new year, you know, and she had held on. for as long as she could or felt like she needed to for her parents, really. And I've seen that a lot with death and dying, whether it be an elder or a child.

And so, you could tell in that experience that she had logged in her brain that she didn't, there was no longer any expectation for her to be around into the new year, you know, and she had held on. for as long as she could or felt like she needed to for her parents, really. And I've seen that a lot with death and dying, whether it be an elder or a child.

They've often come to terms with their own departure and have often seen their next chapter and have seen past the veil in those months leading up to their transition. But they often stick around on behalf or in an effort to ease or help those that are going to survive the situation with their mental journey and psychology of it.

They've often come to terms with their own departure and have often seen their next chapter and have seen past the veil in those months leading up to their transition. But they often stick around on behalf or in an effort to ease or help those that are going to survive the situation with their mental journey and psychology of it.

They've often come to terms with their own departure and have often seen their next chapter and have seen past the veil in those months leading up to their transition. But they often stick around on behalf or in an effort to ease or help those that are going to survive the situation with their mental journey and psychology of it.