The Words of Dying

@Shavkat (141906)
Philippines
August 16, 2023 9:23am CST
I was wondering if some of you have experienced hearing the last words of a dying person.It must be a heartbreaking moment to hear him or her.Before my old man died, I was not able to talk to him because he was in a comatose state at the time.It is also the same with my lovely mother.I didn't have the chance to fulfill her death wish because of cardiac arrest.If I could have their last words, it would be less painful.I sometimes think that some people are lucky to be in such a situation. Have you heard the last words of a dying person? Image Credit: images.everydayhealth.com
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174335)
• United States
16 Aug 23
No, I haven't been present when someone was dying. I was still a kid when dad was rushed to the hospital with a heart attack and passed away. The family was pushed out into the hall at the hospital when mom was dying.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
17 Aug 23
I must say that this situation is the lowest point of my life for losing them. I assumed that you also felt the same way at that time.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
18 Aug 23
@DaddyEvil We had the chance at that time. I guess it depends on what hospital we are staying at.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174335)
• United States
17 Aug 23
@Shavkat We mostly don't get to talk to someone who is dying. Doctors will push us out of the room, usually, when someone is dying, if they can.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Aug 23
No, I haven't heard anyone's last words. I'm sorry you couldn't hear your parent's last words.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
17 Aug 23
Until now, I am still feeling sad when remembering the last moment of their lives. But then, I am always convincing myself that they are in good hands now.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Aug 23
@Shavkat That's good they are.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120690)
• United States
16 Aug 23
My grandfather’s last words were “Daddy! Daddy!” It is my belief he saw his father as he was crossing over into Heaven.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (208846)
• United States
16 Aug 23
I have not.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
17 Aug 23
I can feel you. The feeling is mutual.
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Baconstripsxxx
@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18082)
• Torrington, Connecticut
17 Aug 23
I haven't but I was able to tell my grandfather I loved him minutes before he passed away form cancer
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
17 Aug 23
I also managed to whisper on both my parents ' ears that that it's okay to take rest and we always love them before the flat line.
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Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
17 Aug 23
No, I haven't, and I don't really want to!
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
17 Aug 23
I can relate to you. My mom cannot bear seeing my old man dying and I told her to stay at home.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
16 Aug 23
I was with my mother-in-law when she said her last words. "I want to go home. I want to see my husband." She told me this before she passed out and just before the ambulance arrived. She passed quietly in the hospital a few hours later with my wife and me by her side.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
17 Aug 23
I am sure that she felt not lonely before passing away. I also whispered to both of their ears not to worry about us now. It's time for them to rest.
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emptychair
@innertalks (23739)
• Australia
17 Aug 23
My mother could not speak, as her cancer took her voice too, at the last, but as she held my sister's hand, and took a final deep breath, looking into my sister's eyes, she smiled a very sweet smile, and was gone.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
17 Aug 23
I remembered that my younger sister was able to communicate with my late father by whispering his ear and he responded by wiggling his right foot. I had learned that hearing is the last to deteriorate if in a comatose state. I am sure that your sister was so overwhelmed with the moment of having the last gesture of your mom. The last moment that I had seen my old man looked at me after his heart surgery before he dripped to a comatose.
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