Death Stare, Death Reach: A Medical Phenomena We Can't Explain

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  • Welcome back! We're talking about the Death Stare / the Death Reach! Is this something you've experienced before? This is a phenomena that medical professionals can't fully explain!
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  • @libbyneves5457
    @libbyneves5457 Рік тому +802

    In 2006 I had just started chemo for an Infiltrating Lobular Breast cancer tumor. I felt close to the possibility of death. One morning I woke up and heard my deceased father’s voice. He said, “You are going to get well”. Through six months of treatment I could feel him, my grandparents, aunts and uncles, and my father and mother-in-law all around me. The veil between life and death felt very thin.
    I did get well.

    • @mtnwalkingdogwoman
      @mtnwalkingdogwoman Рік тому +49

      Now that's an awesome story!! I believe that story 100%, Im glad you are well now. I also believe that the veil between life and death is very thin.

    • @satos1
      @satos1 11 місяців тому +33

      I love stories like this. Dad is watching and protecting his daughter from above. May God Bless him. So happy you have made a full recovery.

    • @expo1706
      @expo1706 11 місяців тому +10

      Yup!!! That happens to many. It is very thin.

    • @ArnoldZiffle-jw2mv
      @ArnoldZiffle-jw2mv 11 місяців тому +10

      What a blessing

    • @qeytmyok2473
      @qeytmyok2473 10 місяців тому +7

      Lucky you .,to be blessed 🙌 by him I wish I too were that lucky ....

  • @scottjones3102
    @scottjones3102 11 місяців тому +1042

    Just before my mom died, she told everyone about her brother. She didn't have a brother. It turns out, her brother was stillborn, but he was there waiting for her 77 years later. Mind blown.

    • @laoebpsy
      @laoebpsy 11 місяців тому +29

      This is really amazing.

    • @LoLoLifeinFlorida
      @LoLoLifeinFlorida 10 місяців тому +16

      Omg 😮

    • @kaypowell407
      @kaypowell407 9 місяців тому +22

      How did you find out about the stillborn brother waiting for her

    • @scottjones3102
      @scottjones3102 9 місяців тому +50

      @@kaypowell407 it took my mom's older sister a few days to remember it. She finally recalled it from her childhood. My grandparents never discussed it with my mom.

    • @lb2229
      @lb2229 9 місяців тому +6

      😢❤

  • @gretchenwilliams214
    @gretchenwilliams214 Рік тому +816

    As a young nurse’s aide working Night Shift in a hospital, my first experience with an end-of-life patient was so comforting to me. I’d been terrified of death for the previous dozen years since my dad’s death when I was a schoolgirl. But this sweet old woman, literally on her death bed, complete with oxygen mask, urinary catheter and IV fluids (sorry about that but she didn’t seem to have distress from the fluids). This lady spent her last hours interacting with loved ones. She would address them by name, tell them how long it’s been or how good they looked. “Oh Jimmy! Look at you! It’s been so long!” Her eyes would flit to someone else and she’d be excited to see that person too. She told them that she would be there soon and she didn’t know why it was taking so long. I swear she was the sweetest most delighted person! Her focus seemed to be at that space where the wall meets the ceiling. I hadn’t heard about this behavior but it was so genuine and natural and so full of pleasure that it just made sense of the moment for me. I’ll always be grateful for that evening. She passed before the shift ended and the orderly who came to take her body away actually carried her body in his arms, like a sleeping child, laying her on the special drop-bottom gurney outside her room. The way he set her head down so carefully sticks with me. So much tender care. That lady did not die alone. No living relatives were in her room, but there is no question in my mind that she had a whole entourage hanging out with her from beyond the veil.

    • @DC-fq6mv
      @DC-fq6mv Рік тому +84

      What a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing that.

    • @emilyroseellis
      @emilyroseellis Рік тому +41

      Thank you for this.

    • @gretchenwilliams214
      @gretchenwilliams214 Рік тому +41

      @@DC-fq6mv it was moving! I don’t have opportunity often to tell the story, but good nurse Julie sure has the right forum for it.

    • @gretchenwilliams214
      @gretchenwilliams214 Рік тому +41

      @@emilyroseellis such a genuine experience. I look back on it and realize I wasn’t freaked out by her loved ones in the room. I just felt like she was interacting with the other realm.

    • @lavenderhearts101
      @lavenderhearts101 Рік тому +32

      What a beautiful end of life story, thank you for sharing❤️

  • @jaydavis8394
    @jaydavis8394 Рік тому +547

    My mom died several years ago in a local hospital. Prior to her death she was really unable to sit up in bed but she was still aware and communicative. The day she died I was alone with her in the room. We'd spoken about so many things that day and while no one told me it was clear mama was dying. About 15 minutes prior to her death she suddenly sat up in bed, reached her arms out and had the most beautiful smile on her face. She remained that way for a few minutes and honestly the room felt as if it was inhabited by holiness. I was unable to speak and instead just watched her in amazement. I kept thinking that either the Lord himself had come for her or perhaps it was my grandfather who mama loved so much. Finally, she lay back down and she passed a few minutes later. I'll never forget that. It honestly helped keep me sane in what was a horrible time. I hope she comes for me when it's my time.

    • @kellymcginnis8631
      @kellymcginnis8631 Рік тому +48

      Same, you described it, the 'room felt inhabited by holiness'. It truly did, and I am an atheist, lol.

    • @christettec3045
      @christettec3045 11 місяців тому +23

      I felt the same way when my mom did that. Hugs to you.❤

    • @briannahansen7680
      @briannahansen7680 11 місяців тому +24

      She will definitely come to get you when it’s your time ❤

    • @TODD1968ification
      @TODD1968ification 11 місяців тому +19

      My dad did the same just before he passed over.

    • @LauriDifatta-li6lg
      @LauriDifatta-li6lg 10 місяців тому +12

      @@kellymcginnis8631just wondering if you’re still an atheist and if so why

  • @tammikit5310
    @tammikit5310 Рік тому +287

    My beautiful grandma died on December 9,2004. Her heart stopped while she was cradled on my arm. Two nights before she died she was so afraid. I asked her what was wrong... I would watch her at night and my mom would watch her during the day. This night she kept seeing people. She was saying her dead husband that died in the late 70's was sitting at the kitchen table. We could see from her hospital bed the kitchen and nobody was there then she was terrified because she saw another ex husband, this one from the 90's. Just she and I were there. The next night I was watching her and she was laughing and laying on her bed. I just watched because I didn't want to interrupt how happy she was. And she was looking towards the ceiling she kept laughing. After about 10 minutes I asked her, " Grandma, what are u laughing about?" Still looking up toward the ceiling she smiles and point and said, Shirley. " Shirley was my grandma's second daughter who passed away in 1995. Nine years before my grandma. My grandma had 6 children but lost 3 before she died. The next morning my grandma passed in my arms. I was cradling her in arms and was telling her in her ear that we ALL love her. To go home to God. My mom is a nurse and would check her heartbeat. I just kept telling her how much we love her and finally her heart stopped. It was so peaceful. I cherish that memory even though I miss her so much. ❤

    • @gerry4915
      @gerry4915 7 місяців тому +3

      Such a beautiful story....thank you for sharing ❤️

    • @tammikit5310
      @tammikit5310 7 місяців тому +1

      @@gerry4915 Thank u so much. Hope u had a nice holiday. Take care ❤️

    • @Jack-russell103
      @Jack-russell103 6 місяців тому

      You almost had me in tears there…lovely story @@tammikit5310

    • @heatherfling7820
      @heatherfling7820 2 місяці тому +1

      Thank you for sharing. That was a beautiful touching story.

  • @janetcoleman3366
    @janetcoleman3366 11 місяців тому +82

    I'm a CNA and have seen my share of people dying, i remember this one man,who was like in a coma,and been that way for a couple of weeks,the family was told by the nurse to gather the family as he does not have much time. A few days later he had a few family members around his bed,including me,He sat up,which actually scared a couple of the family members as he'd been in a coma state for sometime now. He sat up and told everyone that he was going home,and not to worry, and said goodbye to everyone. He laid back down,and a few hrs later, he passed. This is amazing. They do see family and friends. There is another life after here,you dont die, just your body is no longer needed. Just like a coat, when you get home, you take it off. I love all these hospice stories. Thank you, Nurse Julie😊

  • @rp5820
    @rp5820 Рік тому +66

    In 2018 when my mom died, at home in her bedroom under hospice care, I sat with her holding her hand awaiting for her to pass.
    It was on a Saturday afternoon and we knew she would go that day as her pulse was so very weak. She had been comatose for a day and a half. I prayed aloud and spoke to her and told her it was ok to go, as all of the plans were taken care of for her funeral , and I gave her permission to leave us and go to heaven for all of her work on earth had been accomplished. I told her I loved her, and her family who had all gone before her were waiting for her in heaven. At that moment my mother opened her eyes and with the blank stare , gazed up and looked at the right corner of the room. I new that she had just seen the individual who had come to take her home to heaven. I watched her eyes slowly move to the crucifix that was hanging on the wall facing her bed and then back to the corner of the room again. She closed her eyes, and as I was holding her hand she took her last breath and passed away. My wish in life was that my mother would have a peaceful death and I would be holding her hand when she took her last breath.

  • @judyjudkins9494
    @judyjudkins9494 Рік тому +255

    Yes, my Daddy had not spoken for days. On the day before he died, he all of a sudden pulled himself forward and loudly exclaimed, “Pull me up! Pulllllll me UP” as his arms reached upward and he looked at the ceiling corner. It was amazing. He laid back down and didn’t speak again. We want to believe he was seeing glimpses of Heaven because we are ASSURED that Heaven is where he is. What a wonderful man, husband and daddy he was. We greatly miss him but know one day we will have a grand reunion. Praise God!

    • @shellylavigne5913
      @shellylavigne5913 Рік тому +6

      Oh my! Your journaling and spiritual wisdom is right on! You have had a purpose all along, and this is it.🫶🏻

    • @sheilawhenham8209
      @sheilawhenham8209 Рік тому +17

      Yes witnessed this as a care worker in a nursing home ,this lady had beautiful blue eyes and she was smiling and pointing to the corner of the room .I asked her who was she smiling at and she replied the love of my life is waiting for me .A few days later she passed Always remember that ❤x

    • @creel7343
      @creel7343 11 місяців тому +8

      Yes, Praise God🙏

    • @tiffany3294
      @tiffany3294 11 місяців тому +6

      Amen

    • @tiffany3294
      @tiffany3294 11 місяців тому

      ​@@sheilawhenham8209how beautiful

  • @wm8705
    @wm8705 Рік тому +292

    Within the last 45 minutes of my father passing, ge reahed up towards the ceiling twice. I intuitively thought he might be reaching for his mother who came to take him home. Knowing this has helped me in my grieving. Thank you.

    • @diannespalding6542
      @diannespalding6542 Рік тому +20

      My dad did the same. I’ve tried to figure out for years why. He passed within the hour.

    • @trishkelly706
      @trishkelly706 Рік тому +22

      My dad did as well and said “I can’t open the door”. We told him “ask God to help you”, then he smiled and relaxed. He also reached up and then brought his arms down like he was smelling a bouquet of flowers and smiled.

    • @zuzuspetals1977
      @zuzuspetals1977 Рік тому +35

      I stayed with my father while he was dying, he wasn’t talking or moving for several days prior & then suddenly he looked up toward the ceiling with his facial expression in Complete Awe as though he saw Jesus, shortly after a single tear dropped as he passed.
      During my stay with him I whispered to show me a sign dad. I had stayed with my mother for a week after he passed & less than 48 hrs after he passed, she opened the attached garage and a dove was in the garage DURING a Snowstorm no less. God is absolutely real.

    • @shaquadradeloiserussell8659
      @shaquadradeloiserussell8659 7 місяців тому +1

      No he was just hallucinating.
      He no longer knows he ever existed.

    • @shaquadradeloiserussell8659
      @shaquadradeloiserussell8659 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@zuzuspetals1977
      No evidence of it.
      youre just scared to accept science, because it threatens your sentimental nostalgic ideologies.

  • @JimRyser
    @JimRyser Рік тому +116

    That was my dad - reaching out to his sister, my aunt, who had Down syndrome. I loved her sooooo much; dad said, “Here’s Judy coming to see us both!” He said she looked so young and started talking to her. It was awesome!

  • @marilynmiller5605
    @marilynmiller5605 Рік тому +81

    I’m a 51 year CNA… I’ve been honored to be with around 75 people at their death! The ONLY person I witnessed reaching out with was my Dad🥰. Unconscious for 4 days/ and at the last breath, he raised his entire arm off the bed, opened his eyes and took in that last breath as if seeing something or someone too amazing for words! What a gift it was to my Mother and 2 sisters! We watched him go !!! ❤

    • @joanb8489
      @joanb8489 2 місяці тому +1

      Yes I agree . I think my brother saw someone who was too amazing for words. I think it truly was Jesus Christ.

  • @anitalarry1534
    @anitalarry1534 Рік тому +110

    When my grandmother was dying of Cancer she looked at the foot of her bed and spoke to her sister that had passed and she then looked down to a child's height and said oh Kate you brought Dee I haven't seen him for a long long time. Dee was a brother that was 10 years old when he died and my grandmother was 17 when he died of Scarlet Fever. My grandmother was 81 when she passed

  • @lisaraker4846
    @lisaraker4846 Рік тому +37

    Before my father passed, he would see his brother in his hospital room and chat with him. I was in my early 20s and was afraid to be with dad alone because I didn't understand the process. Our family would switch off so someone was always with him. Over Thanksgiving, I picked mom up from the hospital so she could get some rest in a real bed, change clothes, have an early dinner with our family and get back to the hospital to sit with Dad some more. She made it back to the hospital, but later that evening when she stepped out of the room to get some coffee, he passed.
    Move forward to my mother's passing 11 years later, I handled it much better. She was diagnosed with DIC (unknown cause). Her organs had started failing and we had to make the decision to cease plasma transfusion. She had started leaking lymphatic fluid through her pores, and the hospice nurse talked the hospital into keeping her another day or two, rather than sending her home. She said a death from DIC "is very messy" and something we probably didn't want my brother's young teenagers to witness. Mom was coherent and was OK with the decision. My brother and I sat with her. He said his goodbyes and went back home to his family (single working father). I stayed awhile and sat with her. She napped a bit, but after awhile she roused and started chatting with 'someone' on the other side of the bed. She looked totally in awe! Looked at me and said "It's Harry! Don't you see him?" I told her "Mom, I don't see uncle Harry, but that doesn't mean that he isn't there." I kissed her goodnight, said goodnight to uncle Harry, told Mom I'd be back first thing in the morning and left to get back to my new baby and hubby for the night. The next morning, I arrived at the hospital at 8am. Mom was in a state of actively dying. I told her that I was there with her. If she needed to go, my brother and I would be fine. She passed about 45 min. after I arrived. I was holding her hand. A moment after she took her last breath, it felt like someone had given me a hug on the inside. I felt slightly euphoric, like I just saw my mother off on a voyage that she wanted to go on, and where I'd see her again. I tried to explain it to my brother. I don't know if he really understood or not. That was about 23 years ago, and thinking about it now still conjurs up that feeling.
    About 15 years ago, I had a very vivid dream where I was looking into a hospital waiting room and saw my aunt, my grandmother, and my mother all sitting there talking about "Isn't it such a shame... She's so young... etc." I walked into the room (in a hospital gown), and asked who they were talking about. My grandmother said "Didn't you hear about Lisa. She has cancer." My aunt kept saying "But don't worry. She's going to be OK." I had been having some GYN issues, had been through an initial ablation and was working on progesterone therapy. At my next follow-up appt, I came right out and asked "Can you do a biopsy - in your office, right now?" He was going away on a trip and I wasn't supposed to see him again for 3-4 months to give the new med a chance to work. I guess I was pretty persuasive, because I talked him into it. I got a call the next day that said I had endometrial cancer and he blocked off time for me to come in first thing Monday morning to map out a plan - testing and surgery. It was my Mom's birthday.

  • @lindanelson8400
    @lindanelson8400 Рік тому +197

    I'm a retired long term care nurse. Over my 35+ years I've seen these things dozens of times, maybe a hundred or more, even with some of my own family . This is what I believe. I think at the end of life the veil between this life and the next becomes very thin. For some people the Lord will allow some people to see through the veil and allow them to actually see and speak with other family and or friends who have passed to the other side in order to give them comfort about their own impending death. I can't support this Biblically or scientifically, but it's what I believe. When my father in law was on his death bed he was talking to his deceased wife about what he wanted for supper. Later when we left to go eat we told him we'd be back later on to see him. He said not to bother, he wouldn't be there. We just brushed it off, but shortly after getting home the phone rang, it was the hospital, and he had passed away. I believe the people are seeing and talking with the people we can't see.

    • @charlene9119
      @charlene9119 Рік тому +5

      Just curious what your father-in-law was telling his wife that he wanted for supper that night that he passed? 😊

    • @lindanelson8400
      @lindanelson8400 Рік тому +18

      @charlene9119 I wish I could remember that, but this was in 1992. What ever it was, it would have been good. She was a fantastic cook. My favorites from her were the Mexican foods she prepared from scratch. Her chocolate layer cake was the best I ever ate.
      Her passing was very sad, especially for my father in law. There was just over three months between her death and his. I think without a doubt that he willed himself to die. She'd had a long battle with metastatic cancer, and he had a combination of CHF, and COPD. After she passed away he lost the will to go on.

    • @charlene9119
      @charlene9119 Рік тому +11

      @@lindanelson8400 I agree, no doubt it was a good welcome home meal!
      Homemade Mexican food sounds good, but, the chocolate layer cake sounds even more delicious!
      If they were married for a long time, then I am sure he probably did give up and was ready to be with her!

    • @ReapingTheHarvest
      @ReapingTheHarvest 8 місяців тому +5

      What if it's demons acting like angels of light so that you feel false peace instead of repenting before death? Demons, like military generals, like to strike their enemy at their weakest. But with that said, God is infinitely more powerful than any and all demon so ultimately it's up to him how we are tested.

    • @lindanelson8400
      @lindanelson8400 8 місяців тому +6

      ​@ReapingTheHarvest What you say is true, demons can come in the form of Trojan angels. I choose to believe as I stated in my original comment.
      I have also seen what I believe was a death where demons came and took the person's soul at the time of death. It was a ghastly thing to witness. His eyes turned black and sunk back in to his head, he turned a gray color, and let out an awful cry as he departed. Never saw another like that, and wouldn't want to.

  • @malimom6011
    @malimom6011 Рік тому +315

    I was an CCRN for 30yrs, just retired. I have seen the "death reach" &/or " death stare" in just about all patients that have passed. They tell me their family is all around them, you can tell they are comforted by this. I am not fearful of death because I know there is a transformation when we leave our bodies to be with all the other spirits in Heaven. It made me realize that Jesus & God are very Real.❤Love your videos

    • @lindabazaco3120
      @lindabazaco3120 11 місяців тому +1

      +

    • @mauricamcginnis4063
      @mauricamcginnis4063 8 місяців тому +3

      Some experiences with death have not been this way .. Interesting how different each humans journey to death is .

    • @HunterMhlanga
      @HunterMhlanga 7 місяців тому +4

      @Annie497 your story is a bit similar to mine.i also lost my soulmate,Peter last year June.he died of Gangrene.it was so violent they amputated his whole left leg and four days after surgery he died.i have 2sons with him.I can't even imagine me with someone else again,never
      I will love him until I die.life has been so hard without him.and he saw death was eminent he actually said goodbye to me .he used signs and I just sent understand what they meant.he didn't look like he would die to me.i thought he would come home.RIP to your loved one my dear

    • @shaquadradeloiserussell8659
      @shaquadradeloiserussell8659 7 місяців тому

      the only transformation thereafter is just a lot of rotting.

    • @templarseries
      @templarseries 6 місяців тому

      Jesus and God are cultural fabrications- man has invented 5000 gods all AFTER we evolved.

  • @moriahmorgan5983
    @moriahmorgan5983 Рік тому +107

    My grandfather died of lung cancer. He was in his death agony at home. My grandma, father, mother, uncle and aunt were there with him and they all said they heard people calling his name in the room. Right before he died he looked up and smiled and reached his arm up. After they took his body out of the house, my grandma pulled out a video my grandpa made for everyone to watch after he passed. He had a beautiful message for each one in the family. As soon as he blew a kiss at the end of the video, all the power went out in the house and then came back on.

    • @barbarabutterfield2679
      @barbarabutterfield2679 11 місяців тому +27

      After my mom passed, a few days later while we were planning her funeral the tv in the other room suddenly got loud. We heard the theme music for Jeopardy! That was mom's favorite gameshow. We all laughed😅

    • @kirahgrace
      @kirahgrace 7 місяців тому +9

      aww, just wanted to watch her favorite show one last time and she had to turn up the volume a little bit ❤

    • @TheCoolVivie
      @TheCoolVivie 2 місяці тому

      My mom is 96 and she has demencia. She has gone through those stages where she gets on a plateu and suddenly she goes down one more level.
      She sleeps a lot, even sometimes she can miss a full day of food, and the next day, slowly she wakes up, talks and smiles, eats and drink for maybe 3-4 days, to go back to sleep again. She has been having moments when she moves her hands just like she's doing something, and she seems very concentrated into. The first time I saw her was shocking and scary, now (not that I'm used to), I handle it better. I feel she's slowly leaving. I hope she can make it for her 97th birthday in June 14th. Today is May 3rd. She's the only one left. Her brothers and sister are gone and so is dad. I know she wants to leave. I feel I'm lucky having her but I also know she's tired.
      I can write so much about it...and I'm sure many of you that's going through, also have lots to say.

  • @satos1
    @satos1 Рік тому +50

    My mother did this just before she passed. She was calling out for her own mother to come and get her I might add that prior to this mom was in an unconscious state and not verbally communative in the last half week of her life. RIP mom.

  • @bevconklin5172
    @bevconklin5172 Рік тому +50

    My grandmother did that & I asked her what she was looking at (she had a small grin)… she waved her arm infront of her (in the air) and said “just everything”. For some reason I felt she was at the store (like Joslins, or somewhere in a mall from the 70s). But, only she knew. It made me smile. We lost he that next night-after 27 yrs, I still get those unexpected breakdowns. She would of loved my granddaughter!!!!

  • @Wendy-nj5qs
    @Wendy-nj5qs Рік тому +74

    I was with my Mother when she passed. She had been in a coma for over 12 hours and hadn't moved. She lifted her arm and reached toward the ceiling and then took her last breath. I've always felt in my heart that my Nannies hand was reaching down to her to take her to the other side ❤️

  • @trudyramgren8817
    @trudyramgren8817 Рік тому +76

    I haven't seen anything like this before but about a week before my aunt passed, she told me there were two people standing at her door. I had asked who she thought it was and she said " I don't know. We had to clue she was dying. She was in a nursing home and seemed pretty good. Talking and coherent. My sister and I visited her one day and she said " you can go now". something she wouldn't never say. We said our goodbyes and no sooner we got home, we got a call that she had passed. This was so bizarre to me.

    • @Sweetlyfe
      @Sweetlyfe Рік тому +16

      She just wanted to be alone to die, I don’t believe she was alone I know her loved one’s were there, as I have physically seen my Mum in broad daylight in my bedroom just her head and shoulders leaning Down from the corner of my wall she was just smiling and looked well, it was about 8 weeks after she died when I was struggling with the grief, and I had nursed her at home so she could die in her own bed. Then she would visit me in my dreams it was always going to a different family party, she loved those get togethers, I would always sayMum what are you doing here you’re supposed to be dead and she would always put her to her lips and say shhh, and smile, my Sister had a repeating dream too of Mum coming to her and saying I’m alive where is all my stuff I want it back, which is exactly what my Sister had done, I’m a giver and she is a taker as she would say, she can be a little giving but only to her kids and grandkids, she certainly took more than her share from Mum’s estate, because she knew I wouldn’t fight over it.

    • @trudyramgren8817
      @trudyramgren8817 Рік тому +7

      @@Sweetlyfe 😔❤️

  • @pegr358
    @pegr358 Рік тому +66

    I was with my dad, mom and sister as they were passing. My mom frequently saw people who had gone before, and described who they were to me. The day before she died, she looked up and said "oh, there is Red (my dad) and his 2 brothers" she listened a bit and then said "I can't, I dont have my purse." The next day she passed ❤ My dad did the reaching when he was in hospice. When my sister was in her final days, I asked her if she was scared, and she said yes. Minutes later, she started staring into the corner of the ceiling, then made the sign of the cross and moved her lips as if talking/praying. She did that 4 times. I felt as if I was surrounded by angels ❤

    • @alainaaugust1932
      @alainaaugust1932 Рік тому +15

      Love the way mom missed her purse! No doubt they’d told her to come, that she was going on a trip with them. Oh how our earthly habits persist! Our expectations shape our experience. Blessings for sharing this lovely story.

    • @briansolomon2969
      @briansolomon2969 7 місяців тому

      So it seems like your dad wanted your mom to retrieve something from her purse, maybe(?). Do you have any idea as to what it could have been? Do you think your mom kept a moment of your father in her purse? Maybe he was telling her that she won't need it anymore?

    • @pegr358
      @pegr358 7 місяців тому +3

      I assumed she wasn't quite ready to go, and used that as a stall tactic 😂 But I guess I won't know until we meet again. ❤

    • @sabrineghali6230
      @sabrineghali6230 7 місяців тому +1

      I don't mean to be rude but Didn't you sister Saw something diabolic and that why she did thé cross and try to pray

    • @pegr358
      @pegr358 7 місяців тому

      @sabrineghali6230 I guess we'll never know, but she looked very peaceful while praying. My sense was that we were both being held in the presence of someone very holy.

  • @elainegoad9777
    @elainegoad9777 Рік тому +117

    I just wish more public education on death and dying could be out to the public and presented by doctors and staff to family and friends of dying people. There is so much miss understanding. You are doing a fantastic job helping everyone Julie !

    • @hippiegirl5167
      @hippiegirl5167 Рік тому +6

      Read the Bible and you will know everything about death and dying and how to get to heaven. John 3:16

    • @ReapingTheHarvest
      @ReapingTheHarvest 8 місяців тому +3

      ​@@hippiegirl5167 That leads to 50,000+ protestant denominations when everyone just reads The Bible and interprets it on their own. Everyone will claim the Holy Spirit is guiding their discernment, so they must have the proper discernment, but none of those people can agree even on basic fundamental doctrines, such as The Trinity or Baptism. This is why Jesus established a Church first, before the Bible was canonized. The Church canonized the Bible, which protestant removed 7 books from. The same Church that Jesus established has also formally declared Sola Scriptura as heresy... Just some things to think about with a humble heart.

    • @shaquadradeloiserussell8659
      @shaquadradeloiserussell8659 7 місяців тому

      ​​@@hippiegirl5167
      NOPE. That crap right there is your problem, and exactly why humanity is so far behind in making advancements.
      Youd rather believe the "world is ending",
      and just have everyone else let it fall apart, rather than make the repairs ourselves;
      instead you want to sit around and wait and hoping some savior will come do it for you.
      The Earth, Sun are nowhere near dead,
      and even after the sun is gone,
      the universe itself has a LOONNNNNNNNNG way to go.
      By that time, we have enough time to spread out.

    • @geliseok6762
      @geliseok6762 6 місяців тому +1

      @@shaquadradeloiserussell8659 the great thing about this life is that you can have your beliefs and others can have theirs and it's ok. Neither will hurt the other person. ♥

    • @shaquadradeloiserussell8659
      @shaquadradeloiserussell8659 6 місяців тому

      @@geliseok6762
      When your belief and lack of action is costing us in making faster progressions to ensure our safety and survival, then that is called dead weight, and you will have to be cut from society.
      We don't need:
      'if , and, but, maybe, optimism, be positive, believe,' ;
      we need to KNOW.

  • @lindabenny4454
    @lindabenny4454 Рік тому +42

    I was a nurse & saw this quiet a few times. The one that I remember most though is my own father. He had been sleeping & suddenly woke up & sat forward reaching out to someone & seemed to be listening to it/them. I was ill at the time with flu & told by the staff I shouldn't really be there (which was correct as I was putting other patients at risk) but I was waiting for my mum & half sister come so I could go home. Just after my dad sat up his nurse came to turn him & when I was there I would help. So we turned him & made him comfortable & he settle & went back to sleep. Then as soon as he was asleep he started "cheyne stoking" (a type of breathing that some people do near the end) I had a temp for a 103% F and was pretty ill so went home when my mum came, but I knew he didn't have long. About 6 hours later I got the call to say that he had died. When he sat up & reach forward he looked so happy, the happiest he'd looked for a long time. This always gave me great comfort.

  • @DC-fq6mv
    @DC-fq6mv Рік тому +119

    My mother died a week ago today. She was at the end stage of Alzheimer's/dementia. I cannot thank you enough for all of your content. The video you made of what actively dying from this disease looks like was so helpful to me. Mom checked off every box that you mentioned and thus was in hospice at this stage. She was home, comfortable, and had her bed bath, hospice check-in, and a visit from the chaplain all in the morning before she passed early afternoon. I was there with her and was able to comfort her and tell her I loved her and that she was loved. I know you know how incredible your videos are. A few of the hospice nurses and social workers who visited watch your channel as well. I always told them how much watching your content helped me understand and gave me perspective. Especially the video I mentioned above where you say that if a person in hospice with Alzheimer's becomes a patient of yours it's because they are bed-bound, cannot feed themselves, etc. Thank you so much, Julie, I am deeply appreciative.

    • @jodil1209
      @jodil1209 Рік тому +10

      I'm so sorry about your mother. Hugs to you ❤

    • @DC-fq6mv
      @DC-fq6mv Рік тому +6

      @@jodil1209 Thank you so much for your kindness

    • @jeanetteh.9240
      @jeanetteh.9240 Рік тому +3

      My sincerest sympathies for the loss of your mother.

    • @DC-fq6mv
      @DC-fq6mv Рік тому +2

      @@jeanetteh.9240 Thank you so much.

    • @Julieisnot
      @Julieisnot Рік тому +2

      I just want to extend my sympathy to you. My mother also passed from Alzheimer’s disease nearly two years ago and I agree with you; these videos are so comforting and such a blessing. God bless and be with you.

  • @debrahuckeyfessler9805
    @debrahuckeyfessler9805 Рік тому +34

    My Aunt passed away from cancer at the age of 86. I had traveled to Oklahoma from Arizona to be with her before she passed away and I was blessed to be with her at her end of life. Several hours before she died, she was talking very clearly to her Daddy who had died about 40 years ago. She would smile and kinda chuckle and say, “ oh Daddy, let me get on my dancing shoes so I can dance with you again!” Then she’d say,”Mama, I’m coming home now and I’ll be home for supper.” I was cradling her in my arms and she sighed and that was it. Several times she took a very deep breath and after about three times of doing that, she was gone. It was so peaceful and comforting to see her make the transition from being physically in pain and suffering to being relaxed,her face void of pain, and completely comfortable in the fact that she knew she was going home to Jesus. I have been with five people at their end of life and I have never been afraid or had the people be agitated right at the actual end. I think it’s a very big honor to get to help a person cross from this life to the next and it has given me a great sense of peace and comfort.
    Julie, videos like yours are wonderful tools to help others know what to expect when death is inevitable. I have known people who have never acknowledged the fact that it was going to happen to their loved one and they are devastated when they have to go through it. If they would just be totally honest with themselves and the dying person, it would make things easier for EVERYONE. Keep up the good work.

    • @hippiegirl5167
      @hippiegirl5167 Рік тому +3

      Jesus is the answer 🙏

    • @K1PPAH
      @K1PPAH 5 місяців тому

      My husband didn't want to go, he believed to the last day he could fight cancer. I told him he was okay to go, I would be okay and the kids would be fine. When I said " no regrets no remorse we all love you and know you loved us" he relaxed and slowly let go. I've seen many people die and never seen someone fight so hard.

  • @iamcaptain31
    @iamcaptain31 Рік тому +33

    My dad was unconscious the last four or five days before he passed. I was sitting near his bed when he opened his eyes, wide open, and looked up at the ceiling. His mouth opened and his eyes were looking at something. He looked amazed at what he was seeing. He then looked at me, closed his eyes and passed two days later. I'll never forget the feeling I had. Thank you Julie for your comforting videos.

  • @diannespalding6542
    @diannespalding6542 Рік тому +70

    My Dad reached up to the corner of the room in his last hour. I never knew, and still don’t, what he was reaching for. But, he was clearly seeing something I couldn’t. I lost all my fear of death after sitting with my dad in his final moments.

  • @telecomex
    @telecomex Рік тому +34

    I say this with a heavy heart, but before he died in hospital, my dad reached out with both arms extended, which i thought was maybe his desire to get up. However my mother said; "No son, I think he is seeing something we can't see." He died shortly thereafter. Thank you for this video. I was not aware that others have experienced the same thing. Peace and hugs and love and light and tears from the west coast of Canada. ss

  • @cindiwoodruff
    @cindiwoodruff Рік тому +24

    My Mother's shoulders were frozen and she couldn't put her arms up to put on a nightgown, etc. She had been this way for years. I checked in on her one night about a month before she died, and she had her arms up in the air and talking to someone. She heard me come in and it was like someone dropped her arms and she smiled at me. It was so sweet!

  • @2sweetcaroline
    @2sweetcaroline Рік тому +36

    My brother died of Aids in 1991. The last couple of weeks of his life he had visitations from loved ones who had passed on. he would tell me who he was seeing. His best friend died 5 days before he did. I came into my brothers room and he was having a conversation with Louis. It actually was very comforting to me. As he was leaving us he opened his eyes and looked up, He did the reach you are describing. He was looking up as if he saw some one and was reaching for them. My personal belief is that Loved ones were there to aid in his transition. I found the reach comforting. You are providing such helpful information to people who have dying loved ones. Thank you so much.

    • @user-cl9pp5zb9q
      @user-cl9pp5zb9q 7 місяців тому +1

      My brother died also of AIDS in the early 90’s. 💔

  • @micheleaustin794
    @micheleaustin794 Рік тому +25

    While working as a CNA at a home setting facility I witnessed a spectacular event between a 103 year old resident ,and someone he was talking with ( on the ceiling) while he was chatting with them i started asking him questions as i was curious..i asked if he was afraid and he said no, i asked him if he knew them? as he had told me they were two men...he said one of thir names were Gerald but he didn't know the other ones name...i asked him what they were doing and he said they were reading a newspaper,then i said can you read what the paper says ....he said "See three Queen".
    He most certainly was seeing those two men ..im absolutely positive,and he was definitely as calm, comfortable as anyone I know chatting with friends.
    Before he passed away I had one last visit with him during lunch time...i was trying to get him to eat some cottage cheese...well once again his "visitors" were there again, up near the celing...(at that point I felt he was kinda in-between two dimensions) I said Bob would you like another bite to eat ,and his reply was funny as he said "didn't you know its kinda rude to talk with your mouth full of food"....it was the two men he had conversed with a few days earlier...he was eating on my request and trying to talk with them.
    I always felt they were there just hanging out with him getting ready to bring him home.
    And because of what Bob taught me....I have absolutely no fear of death, I have a fear of living.

  • @Deej496
    @Deej496 Рік тому +45

    When Gramma died... she sat up in bed, reached up her arms and exclaimed... " Oh!!!! Its so beautiful!!!! ". And then laid back and died. ❤

    • @xoxohonna
      @xoxohonna Рік тому +2

      That's a really great exodus.

    • @lenoreleitch5297
      @lenoreleitch5297 Рік тому +6

      That is EXACTLY what a good friend of mine said as she died. I wasn’t there, but I spoke to her husband weeks later - he had been laying beside her in her hospital bed and generously shared with me her last moments. She was grinning, eyes shut, and simply, quietly said “Oh! It’s sooo beautiful”. I was so happy for her - she’d been suffering from cancer for a long time.

    • @lavenderhearts101
      @lavenderhearts101 Рік тому +3

      Wow, that’s so beautiful!

    • @redbud2370
      @redbud2370 Рік тому +6

      Years ago, A good friend of mine was at his Mom’s deathbed with all his siblings around her. Right before she died, his Mom said, “ Oh, it’s so beautiful! I’m going to be OK.”. I had my friend tell me that story repeatedly over the years as it gave me comfort. Years later, my friend was dying of a glioblastoma brain tumor. After he passed I asked his wife if he had seen anything before he died. She said that a couple days before he died he said, “ Everything I have seen so far has been beautiful!”

    • @Ellie.12866
      @Ellie.12866 Рік тому +4

      Apparently, Steve Jobs' last words were, "Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow."

  • @spaceted3977
    @spaceted3977 Рік тому +49

    I had 2 near death experiences. I had a motorbike crash when I was 17 yrs old and a stroke when I was 40 !!!! Both times I felt fantastic and felt like I was floating, and with the Stroke I was flying !!!! So in my case it would probably be to keep my balance. When you are in that state you feel Wonderful !!!! You might hear something and reach out to touch someone !!! The Death Stare really is like when you are hypnotised, so you can see things and you are confused. Because it's such a Fantastic Feeling that you can't Comprehend it !!!! It feels so good that you don't want to come back, but if you do, like me, it hurts a lot when you start breathing again, and your body feels like a clapped out machine pumping blood and stuff around !!!! I am enjoying life now at 69 yrs old, but there's nothing to be afraid of, and you feel like you know the answer to everything in the Universe and it's OK to go !!!!

    • @KnewEyes1990
      @KnewEyes1990 11 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for sharing that ❤️

  • @millaamankyyro6348
    @millaamankyyro6348 Рік тому +36

    Thank you all for your stories here, I might add mine from childhood. As my grandmother was very ill, too weak to do more than sleep, laying in her bed at home, she was only 60 years old and I was 4 years old. Grandpa and my dad had called an ambulance to take her to hospital. I peaked my head in bedroom saw how she stared at the ceiling and smiled. The paramedics came and she was sitting like she had never been ill in the first place. Everyone was left baffled. She was taken for check-ups anyways. Later she told folks that angel of God had told her it's not her time yet. All the adults put her claim in the nonsense-box but I totally sided with her. Because why are kids taught about angels unless it's true?! Grandma lived 20 more years and I was not there when she passed.

  • @Julieisnot
    @Julieisnot Рік тому +25

    I may have already shared this in another video, but about a month before my mother died, while I was visiting with her, she stared at someone in front of her. She laughed and and said, “oh honey”. It seemed the person she was looking at was short, or a child, but definitely someone she was familiar with.

  • @lisahoward1969
    @lisahoward1969 Рік тому +17

    Last year I witnessed my dad reach up and call out to my mom and said "I'm coming home.". I know he was also referring to my brother as he called out his name a couple of times a week or so before he passed. Thank you Julie for educating us on this subject.

  • @simosc2
    @simosc2 Рік тому +22

    Thank you for sharing these videos. They are very helpful to me because at 71 and in declining health, I want to know what to expect as I leave this world. God bless you and this wonderful work you do.

    • @lindaanderson1016
      @lindaanderson1016 Рік тому +1

      It encouraged my parents in their final days that you can know you have eternal life. Please read the Gospel of John.

    • @rawr333r
      @rawr333r 5 місяців тому

      I encourage you to look into near death experiences. There are many right here on UA-cam.

  • @yummysexyfoods
    @yummysexyfoods Рік тому +35

    Last week, my dad who has dementia had a 103.5 fever. During the death stare, he said Yoo-hoo in a loud pitch voice that startled my sister and I, but he could not keep his eyes off the ceiling. He called out his mother and sister, who both have passed.

  • @vikkiledgard8483
    @vikkiledgard8483 Рік тому +28

    This is a very fascinating phenomenon and I don't understand how it works, but it seems to be quiet soothing for the patient, so maybe we don't need to understand what is going on ❤❤❤❤

    • @bentzenfabio
      @bentzenfabio Рік тому +3

      Agree...

    • @nicechock
      @nicechock 5 місяців тому

      Read the Bible. They are giving up the ghost. And received by the angels and God.

  • @bahmdiggity9577
    @bahmdiggity9577 Рік тому +32

    I hope you know just how comforting and helpful your videos are for me.
    My mother is elderly and I am her sole caregiver. The more I educate myself the less I am afraid. My research started because of a short that you put out.
    I can’t thank you enough for doing this. I’ve long said that we’ve been to far removed from death in this society. From where our food actually comes from to the loss of our family. We need to remember what death and dying actually are.
    Thanks again Julie.

    • @bdlimea7018
      @bdlimea7018 11 місяців тому +2

      Wow, I needed to read your comment tonight!
      It is midnight, I just got home from spending 8 hours in the ER with my Mom. I'm the sole caregiver for my Mom as well.
      I've never seen Julie's videos. I was looking for a video to watch, and this one popped up.
      I'm terrified of my Mom dying. I don't know how to live without her 💔.
      I'm 60 years old, and Mom is 77. I am fortunate to have both of my parents still. My grandmother is the only family I've lost.
      When you said, " The more I educate myself, the less I am afraid," it gave me pause. I honestly have never considered educating myself on death! It does make sense.
      I'll watch more of her videos, and hopefully, I can feel like you about death.
      I don't know how much longer my sweet Mom has here, but I would love to not spend the time left, being a stressed out, panicked mess!

    • @bahmdiggity9577
      @bahmdiggity9577 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@bdlimea7018 thank you for saying this. Sometimes it feels like commenting is just filling the world with more chatter. But every once in a while it’s nice to know that it helps someone.
      After the last incident that had me calling 911 in late January of this year I was living in a constant state of fear. Not just with what to do about mom but with all the insanity that our country and the world are in right now. I was in fight or flight mode 24/7. I knew if I didn’t do something I was going to end up with a stroke or heart attack. I’m almost 50 and deep into peri menopause. After about a month of living in that state I searched for a way to balance my mental well being. I found a channel that helped alleviate the fear about my health, Kari Anne Wright. Learning that other women have some of the bizarre symptoms I’ve been experiencing and that it is associated with peri menopause has been a relief.
      I’ve found that YT has so much more to offer than just frivolous entertainment.
      Another thing that I found that greatly helpful is listening to ndes. There are a few channels that I like, Next Level Soul, Shaman Oaks and Love Covered Podcast. In my opinion they are not challenging anyone’s religion or beliefs but just trying to offer comfort. I was trudging through life in a fog filled with indifference and depression. As a result of mom’s January health scare, I’ve began a journey of spiritual awakening that was long overdue. Please understand I’m not trying to influence you in anyway. I’m just offering what helped me in addition to watching nurse Julie’s shorts and vids.
      I don’t have notifications set on any thing but if you’d like to communicate further I’d be happy to try to help in any way I can. I’ll check daily.
      I hope you find a way to lessen your fears and I wish you light, love, well being and peace of mind.

  • @proanimali
    @proanimali Рік тому +17

    Thank you. I didn't understand, when my father was doing that. I thought he was in fear and comforted him. It's good to know that it's common.

  • @krsncrs821
    @krsncrs821 Рік тому +16

    I think it’s wonderful! That our loved ones come to us toward the end to escort us to Heaven. ❤️

  • @lauriesmith5807
    @lauriesmith5807 Рік тому +15

    My mother was agitated and just stroking her head and telling her we were all ok and she could let go when she was ready calmed her. She didn’t speak or reach for anyone. My Dad on the other hand was very talkative. His mom and dad were apparently standing at the foot of his bed and he had a warm, loving conversation with them. His younger brother who had passed a few years earlier showed up too. He tried to tell my Dad how this was gonna go down. My Dad yelled at him(he rarely yelled) “No, I’m not going to do it that way”
    Kinda made me chuckle because his brother was the jump in feet first without looking kind of guy and my Dad weighed out every angle before moving ahead. I choose to believe he was patiently sitting in the waiting room so as not to cut in line.

  • @whitsax
    @whitsax 11 місяців тому +10

    YES to both….the stare upwards while talking with someone we don’t see, AND the reaching outward and upward. My dear Mother did both those things before she died. And because she had hospice care, we were educated and guided by the caring nurses and aides who helped us to not be afraid of any of these unusual things she was doing. Thank you for extending the reach of hospice by explaining death and dying to those who are fortunate to find your channel. You are doing the work of angels on earth, and my family will be forever grateful.

  • @michetrue-aspoonielife4me389
    @michetrue-aspoonielife4me389 Рік тому +11

    My brother passed at 50 from esophageal cancer & another cancer that populated his thoracic cavity. He was induced into a coma & I was holding his hand. I found it surprising that in a coma he reached out with my hand in his up in the air & he crossed his body. I thought that was really strange as his movements were supposed to be none. I also notice his eyes opened partly & it was as if he was looking around. He didn't have the rattle but I did see the change in breathing. I was holding him rubbing his forehead telling him it was OK to go be with our sister now & he left.

  • @ivanhicks887
    @ivanhicks887 Рік тому +9

    I Witnessed my Wife Jean Reaching for what We Could not See -Your explanation of how this happened has given me Great Relief - thankyou and God Bless You

  • @oilathomson
    @oilathomson Рік тому +7

    You are wonderful. I took care of my husband for 5yrs. Just me no respite care. So many of the things you talk about I watched in him. He talked to people I couldn't see, the doctors told me it's just part of the dementia but it was the only time he spoke coherently. I remember him talking to his dad who had passed 15 years prior. I saw the death stare, I thought I was losing my mind. Your videos have helped me so very much in moving on without all those unanswered questions I was carrying. Thank you Julie, I hope you know how wonderful you are.

  • @bernadettelawson2916
    @bernadettelawson2916 Рік тому +18

    My dad passed while making definite eye contact with me. It was both comforting and heartbreaking for me ❤

  • @marygrummer9189
    @marygrummer9189 Рік тому +9

    My husband raised his arm to the ceiling at one point, and it really gave me comfort. He was seeing someone who was waiting for him. Love your videos, Julie. I hope you know how helpful they are. ❤

  • @janeresincraftsimm9388
    @janeresincraftsimm9388 Рік тому +9

    Yes, i recently stayed with my sister to help look after her until she passed. She would pick at her clothes which as you said was agitation, she also stare at the top corner of the room and would smile, also reach out. We asked if she had seen her husband (deceased 26 years prior) and she would smile and nod. She couldn't really speak by this stage, although around 3.30 a.m. she just very clearly said "i have to go now", she passed away not long after that.

  • @carolyn9824
    @carolyn9824 Рік тому +40

    After my son was pronounced dead, about 5 minutes later he reached up, held his arm there for a few seconds and then his arm dropped. It was as if someone took his hand and brought him home. I wasn't surprised.❤

    • @hospicenursejulie
      @hospicenursejulie  Рік тому +4

      🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵

    • @sunnyblueskies6505
      @sunnyblueskies6505 11 місяців тому +9

      I’m so very sorry for your loss of your son. I can’t even imagine your pain and grief. It is comforting to know that he had someone with him.
      I had a near-death experience after giving birth to my firstborn. I was hemorrhaging. All I remember is the room getting very busy very quickly. It seemed like a whole team of staff came out of the walls of my room and it was very loud. But I remember looking at my then-husband in the corner of the room, holding our baby, and I knew Jesus was there with me. I experienced the peace He mentions in the Bible that surpasses all understanding.
      In spite of just giving birth, in spite of our crazy busy life, I was ready to go to heaven. I was ok with it!
      I don’t fear death that much anymore. When I was supposed to be having pain and extreme psychological concern, I was the most at peace I have ever experienced in my life.
      I am hoping and am convinced your son felt that same way too. {{hug}}

    • @carolyn9824
      @carolyn9824 11 місяців тому +5

      @@sunnyblueskies6505 Thank you so much. We talked about what he might go through and he was scared of death, leaving his son behind. As he got worse, but not toward the end he started to accept it. I know I did not handle things the way I thought I would. I wanted him in hospice earlier. Once he got there, he went downhill really quick. He was transferred to a really nice place and passed 5 hours later. No one can ever prepare you for the end. I wish I had Nurse Julie's videos under my belt back then. I know he's in a better place now.

    • @sunnyblueskies6505
      @sunnyblueskies6505 11 місяців тому +4

      @@carolyn9824 We moms feel guilty for so much. But I bet if he were here now, he’d reassure you that you did everything right, and his death was a good one. Let that all go now {{hug}} He’s so happy now - no more pain or suffering! 🤗

    • @wms72
      @wms72 11 місяців тому +4

      ​@@carolyn9824 It's really amazing that he moved after he was pronounced dead. I'm sorry for your loss. My son died, too. The Bible says we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses. They are in that heavenly cloud, still close to us.

  • @sandrabrown2132
    @sandrabrown2132 Рік тому +13

    My mom was bed ridden but lucid. She would see and talk with her invisible relatives that had gone on before. One day my sister asked my mom if she had had a good day. She said she had a wonderful day that so and so had come visited her and they had a lot of fun. The only problem was that this friend she had been talking to had been dead for 25 years.

  • @TheSolsonia2003
    @TheSolsonia2003 Рік тому +6

    Beloved Julie you are dear to my heart 🙏 My niece mentioned that her brother kept lifting up his legs more than his arms at his last hours … He was an active sports player… Very young looking and in his 50’s…

  • @janetcarpenter7421
    @janetcarpenter7421 Рік тому +10

    Your videos are enlightening! I grew up in a medical family, knowing both sets of grandparents and one set of great grandparents. My "RN mom" was always on-call when I was little, and she would bundle all of us kids up to take us with her on the "house calls". I grew up witnessing the end of Life for so many of my loved ones, and have always felt honored to be there when their soul made the journey home. Thank you for educating so many people that are fearful of death and who maybe don't know it's "just a part of life" and a new adventure!

  • @catherinegiordano4830
    @catherinegiordano4830 Рік тому +9

    Absolutely! I had a cousin who kept reaching to a corner of his hospital room. My husband's Aunt had conversations with someone's no one else saw and did the reaching thing also.

  • @jeanier7185
    @jeanier7185 Рік тому +8

    Yes I experienced what I think was the death reach. Before he passed away and gave his last breaths I was holding his hand, very lightly and told him that his family and I would be ok, that was when he took the final breaths and so so lightly squeezed my hand twice, then his arm reached up high and turned. I was kind of startled but let my hand "ride" up with his and gradually took my hand away, then his arm stiffly went back down to the bed. RIP my Bun. I miss you so.

  • @carolynrobbins3413
    @carolynrobbins3413 11 місяців тому +5

    My dad was in the hospital and I was visiting. We were having a conversation at one point. He began to talk to someone above him and was pointing and laughing. Of course I started crying because I knew what that meant. He was sent home the following day. When he was home a nurse friend went to his house to check his vitals and they were good. He passed that night. You described exactly what I experienced. Thank you for explaining the end of life.😊

  • @FatLittleOldLady
    @FatLittleOldLady Рік тому +9

    Yes. I worked in environmental services at the hospital and the frail elderly lady was cradling a baby she said was her son's baby and she said his name. She was trying to be quiet so as not to wake him. Being so loving and gentle and she was so content and when I went back the next day I asked where she went and they said she'd died.

  • @123gorainy
    @123gorainy Рік тому +8

    Very interesting videos and thanks for the explanation. My Uncle was a WWII soldier in all of the worst ground battles, he saw many men die in the field of battle. He said he always knew when a soldier was about to die because they all reached out with their right hands. Decades later, when we had a young visitor to our house suddenly die of Cardiac arrest, while we the paramedics were working on him he reached out his right arm, and my Uncle said, "He's going to die." He was right.

  • @sandi4215
    @sandi4215 Рік тому +11

    I was with my friend as he was dying. He did that reach. Then when my mother was passing, she also did it.

  • @pennyr9989
    @pennyr9989 Рік тому +6

    A few weeks before dying I would hear my mom carry on a conversation in her room and when I asked her who she was talking to, she just kind of shrugged it off. I believe at that point she was kind of in between this life and the spiritual realm. During the terminal agitation process hours before she died and before we were able to sedate her with medication, she would reach up and pick at my clothes along with try to get out of bed. Thank you so much for sharing this information with us. It really helps to know that what we've experienced with loved ones is a common natural process.

  • @sharonrenata-xj8sx
    @sharonrenata-xj8sx Рік тому +7

    Several years ago I was sitting with my aunt who was passing. A few hours before she passed she called out "mum" then dozed off. A little while later when she was wide awake she said meet. She had trouble talking, and her daughter and I were trying to figure out what she meant. My aunt was getting frustrated, she managed to whisper, "to meet me" I said she's telling us her mum will be there to meet her. She immediately relaxed and dozed off. She passed very peacefully a few hours later.

  • @vitalia2680
    @vitalia2680 Рік тому +8

    The day before my mom passed from cancer, she asked me to get her back scratcher. I got it and when I came back she asked me to give it to her mom (who had passed 20+ years before). I knew then that my grandmother was there to help her make the transition.

  • @margiesheehan3646
    @margiesheehan3646 11 місяців тому +4

    Hi Julie. On my Dad’s last day he looked up above the door & smiled. He said his Mum’s name & put his hand up. He was 76 & his Mum had died when he was 20.
    A few months before my Mum died she said that her younger sister who had died appeared in a dream & said ‘it was ok & she could come’. Her Aunt that she had never met also appeared to her.
    The day before she died she honestly looked like a little Angel, but I noticed her pinching the sheets & blanket. We had such a wonderful conversation about her Wedding Day & the dress that she made for herself. Such a beautiful day. 🙏🙏❤️🩷🦋🌻💐

  • @puckie55
    @puckie55 Рік тому +21

    My mother in law was lying in hospital a month before she died and said to my husband and me: “Theo was here”. We thought she meant her son, but she meant her brother who passed away a few years ago. Thank you very much for your videos. Greetings from the Netherlands.

  • @carmencsorba8153
    @carmencsorba8153 Рік тому +6

    I experiencing this phenomenon on a daily basis in our hospice inpatient unit. Truly amazing.

  • @alcambrola2834
    @alcambrola2834 Рік тому +6

    In the last 2 weeks of my father's life, I would go to visit him. call his name and he would turn to look at me and it was like he was staring through me. I would want to cry because he knew I was there. That look will be forever burnt in my brain. God bless you all.

  • @toni2606
    @toni2606 Рік тому +6

    My sister reached up with her right forearm (while her upper arm and elbow was resting at her side on the bed.) This was the last few moments before her death from pancreatic cancer. She was very weak and it was clear that death was near. In those moments a close friend of hers was making her way through the entrance of the facility and was soon at her side, stroking her hair gently and quietly, without words, expressing her love for her friend in her own personal way. Many family members were in the room but I was the only one who saw her raise her arm. I later mentioned it to our mother who seemed to take some comfort from it. I'll never know if she was reaching for someone who already had passed (her father?) or if she could "see" her friend as she made her way into the building and to her bedside. Thank you, Julie.❤

  • @DesertNebula
    @DesertNebula Рік тому +10

    Family said my grandpa saw his family. And he looked up. Then waved goodbye to his family. Then there was a rush of energy that whirled around the room. They said the hospital nurse even felt it

  • @jamesbuccigross6920
    @jamesbuccigross6920 11 місяців тому +4

    My mother passed away from leukemia in 1993, and during the last couple days before she passed, while she was conscious and appeared to be fairly lucid, she said that "St. Joseph is over there near the corner". My mother was 72 at the time, from a large Italian family of devout Catholics, and I was raised the same way. Several weeks after her passing, while cleaning out her home, we came across a very old Catholic prayer book, almost 100 years old, and while looking through it, happened to see mention that St. Joseph is the patron Saint of the dying. I had never heard this before and I asked several of my aunts, her sisters, but none of them had ever heard of this before. I asked a friend of the family who grew up with my mother who was a Catholic priest and also a first generation Italian American like my mother and even he said that he was unaware of this. The prayer book had been packed away and had probably been untouched for decades. I find it interesting that when someone who is dying mentions seeing someone who is a family member or friend by name who clearly is not there and/or holds a conversation with them, as many of my own family members have close to the end, it is always someone who is no longer alive. If it is just a hallucination, you never hear of them hallucinating someone who is still alive. I have even heard of dying people who held a conversation with someone who was not there who everyone believed to still be living, but it was subsequently learned that the individual who the dying person was speaking to had unbeknownst to anyone, including the person dying, been deceased already at the time of this occurring. And afterwards, the dying person appears to be more at peace and their passing takes place within a few hours after. At least that's been the experience in my family when such conversations have been seen.

  • @noidreculse8906
    @noidreculse8906 5 місяців тому +1

    OMG just reading the comments has me crying, I still grieve for my parents, even after 19 & 7 years since their passing. I saw their souls (or some type of energy) leave their bodies.
    Thank you for the great explanation, more families need to understand this process. 🙏🏻

  • @israelitenephite3383
    @israelitenephite3383 Рік тому +9

    Shalom, I’m a new subscriber. When my aunt was dying, she was looking at a corner and just talking and we’re trying to figure out who she could be talking to. We realize she was seeing the other side, and we felt so much better knowing, there were other souls there to meet her! What I don’t understand is the tears. When my grandmother was dying, right before she died, she shed one tear and when my friend died, she shed a tear. Do you have any examples of that. Thank you for your channel, it truly helps❤️

    • @gretchenwilliams214
      @gretchenwilliams214 Рік тому +8

      @gretchenwilliams214
      1 second ago
      My mom also she’d one tear. She was a hospice volunteer and told me a out “the final tear” . When a solitary tear came, in her active dying phase, I asked her out loud if that was that Last Tear she had told me about. She was beyond conversation at that point, but I kept up the chatter. The. night she passed, as my daughter lay in bed hundreds of miles away she heard my mom’s voice say my name, simply “Thank you, Gretchen.” How sweet was That!?

    • @wms72
      @wms72 11 місяців тому

      My son shed a tear, too, before he passed. He was young, only 26. I think he regretted leaving us and the fun he had in this life. But maybe it was a sign of repentance?

  • @brucescanlan1162
    @brucescanlan1162 11 місяців тому +4

    On Christian radio I once heard Joni Eareckson Tada share the story from a listener who had cared for an almost paralyzed husband for years. He could barely move and unable to even roll over by himself or use his arms. The way I remember the story he all of a sudden sat up, something he had not done for years, reached out his arms with a smile on his face and then died. That story still gives me goose bumps.

  • @fewferfev
    @fewferfev 11 місяців тому +4

    My Father-In-Law spent his last three months with us and died at our home. I witnessed him reach out and motion for someone(s) to come to him. He had such a happy look on his face and I knew he was seeing his daughter and wife probably. I was happy for him to see them. And he died within that week after showing many signs that his time was near. I thank the good Lord I witnessed that and I am thankful to know God is with us till the very end and then forever more.

  • @michelletroutman3641
    @michelletroutman3641 Рік тому +8

    I caught on video my husband waving, possibly saying goodbye or hello to someone that was not in the room with us. This was about 9 days before he passed away. We also as a family were trying to take a few pictures with him and our adult kids, you can see by his look he sees something in the room that we don’t. This too happened less than 2 wks before he passed.

  • @cindys3435
    @cindys3435 Рік тому +4

    My brother died 2 years ago at the age of 56. The day before he died he was reaching, high up with both hands and a slight smile on his face, this happened off and on the whole afternoon. I wasn’t sure what is was , I thought maybe he was cold and was reaching for a blanket but every time I pulled it up he would push it down again. I feel better now that you’ve explained what it is.

  • @cindymaun8952
    @cindymaun8952 Рік тому +41

    My sister in law was actively dying of cancer. We were told she was in a coma. She kept reaching both arms up as if she were reaching for someone. We wondered who she was seeing and reaching for. She passed the next day.

  • @stephenousby737
    @stephenousby737 Рік тому +2

    When my wife was dying of cancer at home, I was her primary care giver. Late one afternoon she was looking up towards a corner in the ceiling. She extended her arms upwards toward the corner and her hands and finger were wide open. With a big smile and a mischievous sound in her voice said "I see you". I didn't ask her who she saw as I didn't want to interrupt that special moment.

  • @eleanor4759
    @eleanor4759 Рік тому +6

    This is both terrifying and awesome. It creeps me out and gives me relief.

  • @astaraoneill9166
    @astaraoneill9166 Рік тому +7

    Yep. My mom reached out both her arms and called the name of a deceased relative from her childhood.

  • @akricket2956
    @akricket2956 Рік тому +7

    Two weeks before my sister passed, she'd spend 15 minutes, serval times during the day doing the death reach. She'd sit straight up, hold her arms straight out in front of her and smile. It was obvious she was reaching out for a hug. She'd occasionally speak to whoever she was smiling at..

  • @Linda-eg3wo
    @Linda-eg3wo Рік тому +5

    I'm an RN and had no idea my father was dying until I walked into the hospital room just as he was reaching up high and whispering to someone. He was in the hospital, because he went to readjust in his wheelchair and fell out. But then no one saw. My mother was busy cooking and he was watching TV. I called an ambulance right away and a couple days later I witnessed this. I made everything stop right then, had a meeting with my family and called to have him sent to Hospice. I have always worried if I had misjudged this, because he was pretty decent up to this point. He responded appropriately when asked questions. It's all so confusing when it's your family member. Everything I learned as a nurse went out the door with my mother. I felt like such a fool, but the saying is true.

  • @brucecalbreath6586
    @brucecalbreath6586 7 місяців тому

    Julie...what an educator you are!...what you say and the way you say it is perfect!...you are helping us realize things that so many of us have been fearful about...thankyou so much!!!...just know "you" are deeply appreciated!........bc

  • @jerrybridges2949
    @jerrybridges2949 Рік тому +9

    My aunt was in process of dying and she firmly grabbed my hand. She seemed tense. After about 20 minutes I had to force her release so I could leave. She slumped back like she was offended, or gave up. It was the last time I saw her alive. It's always bothered me.

    • @jeanetteh.9240
      @jeanetteh.9240 Рік тому +2

      I believe that from where she is now, your aunt understands why you needed to leave.

  • @pamlunsford8546
    @pamlunsford8546 Рік тому +10

    Julie back in august 2014, my mother in-law was in hospice.
    She was talking to her deceased husband telling him come on let’s run,she called him by name.
    In life she had 3 miscarriages, she was saying things like aww my babies
    She was calling out to her mother and saying how bright the light was!
    She was in a coma state,her eyes were close and very peaceful.
    On the day she past I was there for a few hours,
    I went home to and was cooking dinner when I got the call that she passed.
    I believe in the after life!
    In Mid December 2007 my brother who was 59 had lung cancer and attached to his spine
    was in hospice,so he stayed with my older brother and I would go
    and stay on the weekend
    with him.
    He was in good spirits and eating, not a lot
    He was complaining about his feet feeling funny, so I massaged them for him
    He hung during Christmas and New Years and past on January 2nd in the early morning!
    He was in the Marines and Vietnam,so his service was military.
    a couple day after his service, I was sleeping
    and I felt a light tapping on the side of my knee that woke me up!
    I know it was him just say Thank you and Good job!
    I never had that tapping before and never after that!
    We need to believe and I can’t wait to see all of my loved ones again!
    Everyone’s death is Unique when it’s a natural death!
    Thank you!
    Sorry for the long stories!💕🙏

    • @1972pdc
      @1972pdc Рік тому

      Thanks for sharing! Wonderful stories.

    • @cindyjones8284
      @cindyjones8284 Рік тому +3

      What is the look people get to their eyes when they are close to death? Almost like you can see their soul then. My Aunt was home on hospice and I stayed with her. The 1st day she slept most of the day. I expected that the next day. When I walked in those eyes were looking back at me. Different and just staring. She died that night.

  • @dradvice9349
    @dradvice9349 5 місяців тому

    Hello Julie. Your channel is so important and so nice . Thank you for sharing those moments of your patients and thank them too!.❤

  • @strederful
    @strederful 7 місяців тому

    I love that you share this with us. So many people are afraid of death. This should help to alleviate some of that fear. I love to see it.

  • @MsCppnpa
    @MsCppnpa 7 місяців тому +4

    My grandma passed away today. I wasn't there when she was doing the death stare but when my sister told me about this, I cried because its time for her to go. She have stage 4 Breast cancer and already 100 years old, I will miss her. 😢

  • @1appyfarm238
    @1appyfarm238 Рік тому +13

    When my son was a year old we spent Christmas with my father in-law. My son only wanted to sit in his lap and be with him all the time
    My son was 18 months old when he passed away. After his funeral. My son was laying in bed talking to someone and holding his arms up like he was wanting to hug someone. He did this for 2-3 minutes Then he said goodbye
    I would like to believe that grandpa came to say his farewells to his grandson

    • @tanyabrown9839
      @tanyabrown9839 7 місяців тому +2

      My grandfather visited both me and my sister (at our separate homes we both experienced him) the same night which was 3 nights after he'd died of cancer to say goodbye.

  • @Ericah81
    @Ericah81 8 місяців тому +1

    You are awesome for taking the time to let us know what to expect! It was hard but your videos helped me so much so thank you for sharing..

  • @msherry5
    @msherry5 7 місяців тому

    I just appreciate your channel so much. Thank you for helping us understand. ❤

  • @jaxenehillebert1349
    @jaxenehillebert1349 Рік тому +5

    My father was very clearly in transition - sleeping - but with shortness of breath. Suddenly He sat up and reached with both arms toward heaven- twisting his fingers as though attempting to grab someone. Angels I’m sure were awaiting and he laid back down and passed

  • @joantraywick5599
    @joantraywick5599 Рік тому +12

    Mom talked a lot to unseen visitors, and especially at night. At times, it sounded like a different language even. It was difficult to understand her. She saw children running around a playing, and asked us to get them out of the room, they were bothering her. Activity became so strong that we were all seeing blurry movements around the house!
    It was an interesting experience!

  • @jackiegrant410
    @jackiegrant410 10 місяців тому +1

    I love watching your videos, they are so reassuring and informative. I didnt have a close family, no cousins, aunts or uncles, one set of grandparents were abusive, the other died very young. Ive lost one close friend, who knew that she was dying. I asked her to meet me when i get there. I was 16 when my grandfather died in 1976 (i heard him call my name three years ago, first time ever) My parents are alive, both not very warm, happy and loving people. So it scares me to think that no one will be there to greet me. Maybe all my lovely pets ive had over the years will be there and my close friend. Thank you do much.

  • @lavernfoy4591
    @lavernfoy4591 Рік тому

    Again thank you for your Love and Kindness!❤️🙏

  • @jefflambert215
    @jefflambert215 7 місяців тому +4

    My wife is a hospice nurse for 23 years and fully believes the dy8ng see their loved ones, thus the "death reach". She still sometimes cries happy tears when she witnesses it, fully believing in the promise of Heaven.

  • @traceyroyal5255
    @traceyroyal5255 Рік тому +5

    Hi. I was a home health aide for 12 years and would have patients that were not on hospice. I had one patient that was asking me who those people were up there and she was pointing to the top corner of the bedroom. She died within that week.

  • @lovelight9164
    @lovelight9164 11 місяців тому +1

    I remember when my mom was sick after the flu and went from the hospital to hospice care, she kept calling for death to take her home, one day while I was visiting, I opened her door to the outside, went over to her and told her she was ok to go, to let her soul fly high, be healed and happy. I got a call at a little after 5 am 2 days later saying she had passed in her sleep. Sometimes they just need the ok and assurance that we will miss them but they are free to go home with much love and respect. I do dearly miss her wisdom.

  • @jackiefox7224
    @jackiefox7224 8 місяців тому +1

    About a month before my Mum died, she told me saw and spoke to her deceased sister and my Dad. It was totally a matter of fact, nothing out of the ordinary (for her). My Mum also was completely blind. I found this to be very comforting. She was so pleased to have these visitors and it gave her comfort. I hope they came for her and made her transition peaceful and pleasant. 🇨🇦

  • @kellymcginnis8631
    @kellymcginnis8631 Рік тому +4

    my mom died two years ago and she did this, she reached up, and she said 'oh, well I can't wait'. She looked so happy and peaceful and ready to go. Like she had just seen God. She didn't tell us who she saw, just smiled like an angel.