Re: Hope needs a kick in the butt

On Mar 10, 7:32=EF=BF=BDpm, "Cindi" <.> wrote:
> Have you ever been by the bedside of a dying loved one?"Bonbon"
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> > Boy, talk about an ostrich! =EF=BF=BDShe'd better learn to accept that
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ill
> > power along cannot keep a person alive. =EF=BF=BDI'd say she's way too
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eep in
> > denial and needs a good swift kick in the butt to bring her back to
> > the real world.
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> > Thank God Lexi set her straight by telling her to get the family in
> > there. =EF=BF=BDMaybe that'll wake her up to the facts. =EF=BF=BD(Of
cou=
rse we all
> > know Bo isn't going to die...)
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Oh, Cindi, more times than I care to remember.  My father who died of
pancreatic cancer lingered for a month in the hospital.  My mother was
in and out of a coma for 11 days following knee surgery from a heart
attack and ultimately we had to "unplug" her and let her go.  My
brother suffered for six months following a massive stroke and then
died (in my presence) of a brain tumor.  My sister wasted away from
colon/lung/liver cancer until she was nothing but skin and bones.  My
best friend was hit by a train and suffered severe agony for several
hours before she finally gave in.

There are others also.  Never once did anyone give any of them false
hope that they were not going to die.  The kindest thing to do is
accept it and help them through it any way you can.  Amazingly enough,
it's usually the people left behind that have the most trouble.  The
one who's dying has pretty much accepted it and has made peace with
it.  That's been my experience anyway.

Bonbon