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[quote=Anonymous]I lost both of my parents in the last few years. With my dad, he had been sick for a long time, and was under hospice care at home. He was very weak, but stable, for weeks. Then one week before he died, he stopped eating. When I call the doctor to discuss, I was told it's time to get close family members to their home and say goodbye. My brother flew out with his family. We actually had a nice few days where the house was full of people and others came to say goodbye too. He was aware and alert until hours before his death. He mostly slept that day. Around 6pm we noticed that his breathing had become much more labored. He was gone within minutes after that. My mom also died at home under hospice care. She slept most of the last two days, was in a state of delirium. I was at her bedside playing music to her. She just slipped away. I remember after her last air intake I waited for the exhale but it never came. [/quote]
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