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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]How did that actually happen? Did their breathing get slower, did they seem to be sleeping -- what? [/quote] she had labored, but regular, breathing for many hours, and was on morphine and ativan and probably not very conscious. She had been unresponsive for at least 24 hours, mouth open, eyes partly open but unfocused. It was a little disconcerting, but hospice assured me it was not 'gasping for air' struggle type of breathing, although it did seem to me like her body was trying to get air because it wasn't the slow breathing that I had read about (fewer and fewer breaths per minute) that she was experiencing the day before. Then, suddenly it slowed and quieted, for like 15 seconds, then a sharp gasp and then stopped, then another gasp, then stopped for good. [/quote] OK, so there were drugs involved. Thanks for the explanation. I'm wondering how it happens without drugs.[/quote]
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