hospice nurse reveals the unexplained phenomena

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What I came to find out through his wife is that they had experienced several miscarriages early on, and they never did have children,' Rice said. 'A gentleman who was clearly seeing babies. One such experience with a patient has always stuck with her, she said. Kelly Rice, the senior coordinator of social workers at Tidwell Hospice, said she's seen both of the phenomena in her 11 years of working with hospice patients. They usually say they're sending a message like 'We're coming to get you soon' or 'Don't worry. We've got your morning reading covered.The experience usually isn't scary for the patient, McFadden explains in her video.

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The staff nurse was questioned about why towels were being used instead of wound care supplies, and she replied, 'She's going on hospice, so it shouldn't make any difference.' When you're going to die, some people take that as license to treat you like you're already dead. In fact, the director was appalled by the situation. I notified the director of nursing, and miraculously, I wasn't fired this time. She had, in the least-metaphorical sense, ripped herself a new asshole, and this facility was using rolled-up hand towels to pack the wound. I found she had a Stage 4 pressure ulcer on her right buttock. In one nursing home, I examined another dementia patient, bed-bound and unable to speak or move herself. I went on nursing elsewhere, where I saw other patients suffering all kinds of abuse. Patient care industries don't always have a stellar record with that kind of thing. Obviously, I wrote up this incident and notified the director of nursing. Having a feeding tube sucks enough without it killing you in the process. Trust me, 'rotting from the inside out via spoiled Ensure' is not the best way to go. With feeding tubes, the solution may do nothing but sit in your stomach, which puts you at risk for a severe infection that'd kill you faster than if you'd done nothing. Your body may not do anything with the fluid, which means the water could accumulate and result in acute heart failure. Relatives might suggest attaching an IV, but I (and hopefully the doctor) will discourage this. When your health starts to decline, you'll likely refuse food and water anyway.

But the drying-out process can start long before the loss of consciousness sets in. That's why many people don't actually die of their illness - they die of dehydration. In your last days, you'll be so divorced from consciousness that you'd drown on a sip of water.

Those hospital cats that can predict when patients die? They don't have Miriam Black psychic powers they simply have a heightened sense of smell. Also, much like pancakes, you give off a sweet smell - the result of acidosis, or the breakdown of internal sugars. Surprisingly, it's bad news if we don't hear the rattle anymore that means you have the approximate shelf life of pancake batter.

Hospice nurse reveals the unexplained phenomena