Everything We Thought We Knew About Hospice Was Wrong

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  @cindywatson3083 · 3 months ago (edited)

  Wow.   I have so much to say.  In the past 6 years, I lost my sister, brother, daughter and husband all to cancer. Every experience was different. I watched them all take their last breath  I do want to share this experience with you and your viewers.  When it was clear that my 34 year old daughter wasn't going to make it, my ex-husband and I sat in the hospital and made a vow.  We promised our daughter we'd both be there no matter where it was. This is profound because we had a very tumultuous divorce...not speaking for long lengths of time. When our daughter chose hospice to come to the house, He, his, wife, and daughter moved in with us to help our daughter during those last days.  His wife cooked for us.  Our other children moved in, my sister and nieces came with RV's.   Our house was full but peaceful.  The fact that we all worked together to make her feel loved and secure was a miracle in itself.

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• GI

  @giniferdeming · 3 months ago

  Been through Hospice for a longer process with my mom. They stated up front their purpose was not to get them well their purpose was to keep them comfortable until death.

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• ME

  @MelissaPlessinger · 13 days ago

  What a beautiful family the two of you have. Markum is with you every day. ❤

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• CA

  @CapeRN · 4 months ago

  My grandfather was in the hospital dying and didn’t know his beloved brother from another State had died. Suddenly, he reached out and called his brothers name as if he saw him. I will always believe he did

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• PE

  @pennyheinrich5552 · 4 months ago

  Hospice staff are true angels.  Hugs to you and your family.

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• JE

  @jerryfischer3988 · 4 months ago

  Hospice nurse Julie ❤ should do an episode together

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• DE

  @denisepaulsenful · 3 months ago (edited)

  You’re a lovely couple. ❤ I appreciate your honest open chats here. I’m very sorry for this heartbreaking experience in losing your precious son Markham. We lost our son too. Karsten was 27. He died suddenly unexpectedly of an accidental overdose of prescribed medicines. Our son was Bipolar hence he struggled with addiction since his late teens when his illness took control of his life. Karsten collapsed here at home. We called the ambulance at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNgtr-uezF4&amp;t=315">5:15</a>-am. It was a Sunday. By that afternoon at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNgtr-uezF4&amp;t=111">1:51</a>-pm Karsten was gone. 😢 We were devastated. We still are. But life goes on and you have to catch up or get left behind. As we have done in many ways. But that’s okay right now. We’ve hunkered down as a family. Collectively riding the wave of grief left in Karsten’s absence. It will be 2-years coming up in July. It feels like a lifetime and yesterday all at once. Thank-you again for opening up your hearts to let us all in. Much love from Toronto. ❤❤

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  @marialacerda6593 · 4 months ago

  I cry every time I listened to your son journey. I just have the Lord with me.I ask him every day when I wake up in the morning to be with me until my last breath. My Faith and Trust are in the Lord.🙏

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• GA

  @GardenGate1717 · 4 months ago

  Being present with a loved one that is leaving this earth feels as if walking together on sacred ground. No words seem to fully describe a beautiful spiritual experience.

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• PA

  @PamelaLangevin-b1d · 4 months ago

  How brave of you to share and inform. My sincerest condolences to you both and your families.

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• NO

  @Nottherebutthere · 3 months ago

  There is a world of difference between a non-for-profit hospice and a for-profit hospice. Unfortunately, most people have no access to a non profit hospice.

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• GL

  @gloriayouchisonbrown7734 · 3 months ago

  Hospice lets you die with dignity and peace,<br>So sorry for the loss of your son, but it sounds like he <br>Had a peaceful transition.<br>My husband ended up in hospice with lung cancer,<br>Last year I lost my daughter to breast cancer, her area<br>Did not have a hospice center, but hospice workers were <br>Able to come to her home and give her meds.<br>Many years ago you were left in the hospital to die a rather cold <br>Sterile death.<br>Thanks to a British physician named Dame Cicely Saunders<br>Who started the Hospice program.❤

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