Nurses, what were the most haunting last words you've heard from a patient?
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"What will I do without her.... it breaks me up... every.. time..."
"We NoW hAvE a DiScOrD!"
That’s what I’m saying💀 caught me off guard lol
was going to comment that lol
ikr, that hit me seven ways sideways 💀
The background video game scene in this video is annoying as heck.
this was gonna be my comment
If I'm mentally with it, my last words are going to be, "They'll never find the bodies."
I’d probably just say “peni-“ and then before I can finish the word I would just flat line
I'd probably say the same 😂
I think I’d rather say… ‘I buried my life’s savings under the….’ ☠️
"the secret formula for the krabby patty is...."
Id just go full on gol d roger and send my family and friends on a 1000 episode journey to find my will, also my bank details.
It wasn't anything that was said, nor am I a doctor, but when my cat was dying, she was curling up in a way she had only curled around her kittens. With the way she acted, it was almost as though she had forgotten that her two remaining children were adults. The look of shock and panic on her face right before she died will always stick with me.
Oh wow... poor Momma....my deepest condolences to you....I just lost my Gingi Boy recently...he fought so hard to live....💔🥹😻
My mom's cat waited for her to come home so he could die in her lap
Before my late Fiancée died in 2021 she was in a medically induced coma and her family spoke about me and her brain waves spiked at the mention of my name.
@Anthony-mt7qr
As ITU nurses, we are taught that hearing is the last of the senses to disappear; this story seems to confirm that.
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The "I shouldn't have played with the tube" one freaked me the fuck out.
Same here. There's just something that really freaks me out about people inadvertently causing their own deaths.
Don't let it fuck you up too much - Dude chose to die. Knew exactly what he was doing and did it anyway. I've watched too many deaths not to know that sometimes people choose to walk away.
My mother was dying qt age 95 because her mitral valve would no longer close.She could talk but could not hear or see. I was at her side stroking her hair along with my niece. Suddenly my mother looked at me and said "I have to go now. My brother's here." and let out a long sigh and died. Her brother had been dead for twenty years. I will never forget this.
I was dead for 8 minutes before being resuscitated, my last words were "eff you" not going into the specifics but medical malpractice to the extreme.
Is this a joke??
@elile8567 no unfortunately not. I have a ton of neurological issues after that.
I like to imagine you told the reaper that.
Cat Pope would like to know what it is like
Oh this is fucking amazing and I'm glad to hear it! Thank you for choosing to live!
"i don't like that guy in the black suit..." HOOOO BOY that was the grimm reaper!
These are the sort of doctors and nurses that all 🏥 hospitals needs , medical personnel who can show compassion for the patients in the hospital 🏥. They do a wonderful job 🧑🔬🧑⚕️ .
my mom's last words were "GET ME CHEESE!! NOW!!"
she's lactose intolerant to death.
Please tell me you got her cheese
@@annistar9693 of course she did that's why they were her mom's last words
When I was little (like 4 or 5) my grandpa died of cancer his last words were “Margret Lindsay (my grandmas and mums name) I love you and tell Holly (my name) she’s perfect” I cry myself to sleep a lot because of that
One, if not the last thing one of my sisters Sis-in-Laws heard her husband say as he was barely kept alive in the hospital was ‘it’s so beautiful here’.
She decided to let him go after she heard that. He was only 33.
a few of these stories reminded me of my grandma. She was suffering with cancer and sadly passed away on the 26th of December a few years back, despite the doctors saying she's getting better just the day before. I believe that she pushed through so she wouldn't pass on on Christmas and would instead pass on on Saint Steven, which was the name of her late husband.
My grandpa’s last words were asking me to sing him his favorite song again.
Edit: I’d also like to add another family member’s last words. He was my grandma’s niece’s husband. He was dying (don’t remember what from) and on hospice. He had been bedridden for a week or two at that point. All of a sudden, he stood up and said, “Lord, if you want to take me, I’m ready.” He then fell back into the bed and died.
Wow! So sad and sweet at the same time! 😢 😊
@@perrobravoperocastrado2286 I know! We also didn’t know those were his last words at the time. He passed a week later, but he was unconscious for pretty much that entire week. He didn’t say anything else after that. It ended up becoming my favorite song as well after he passed, largely due to that being his last words.
@@Maria-jq3zvdid you sing his favorite song??
@@pocket3216 Yes, I did.
@@Maria-jq3zv thats good :)
The most encouraging last words I heard were relayed at my Grandfather's funeral. My grandfather had multiple differing coronary/circulatory issues until he passed. On the night he died he realized something was wrong when he couldn't get out of his recliner. My grandma called EMS like they had done about a half a dozen times before. This time though it was too late. Before the first responders and firefighters pulled up my grandfather turned to my grandmother and uncle and said "They're telling me I can't live anymore". My uncle and grandmother were the only people in the room and emergency services were still being dispatched. They asked my grandfather who is telling him that. He said "everyone is telling me that. I'm sorry I have to go." He made that last statement and lost consciousness. The police (small town and the cops are always getting to scenes first since they're on the clock), first responders/firemen (volunteers), and medics (professional paramedics) tried as hard as they could to resuscitate but nothing worked. I've always been somewhat skeptical of religion and the afterlife. Right up until my uncle told me that story. I believe my grandfather saw what was waiting for him when he passed. He was on that threshold between life and death or the bridge between this life in the next or whatever you want to call it. He looked at what waited and he saw everyone he loved that had gone before waiting on the other bank. I believe that there will be something after this life. When my time comes I am sure he'll be with everyone waiting for me to keep that last appointment.
It’s quite common that nearing death people see or hear deceased loved ones. My mother in law had a few episodes of this before she actually died. She sat in her chair and raised her arms, then seem to come back to herself.
You may be shocked by this, but the patient was my Mom! I was off duty (for the duration! Anyway, I was assisting the Hospice CNA do Mom's bath. She was totally out of it, basically "comatose" but I talked to her anyway! So I was (trying not to cry &...), apologizing; "I know this hurts"; "we're almost done, etc, but that last thing she said broke my heart! I had said, "I'm so sorry!" again. Her eyes opened wide & looked right into mine & said, "no, you're not"! I died inside, & stayed that was for years! Finally some one said to me, "you know. She was probably joking!" Then I remembered her & her humor, & said, "you are right ya know.. She loved to tease!!
I assume you already know this but when you get older a lot of times you will say things or even do things that you dont mean. Its part of getting older.
Sometimes they need permission to take the next step. Sometimes they are waiting for their loved ones to come back and help them to cross.
When the nurse said he hadn't really even remembered the little boy who said he was his favourite. I just want to say that that's ok! As a nurse you have to separate yourself mentally from becoming too overly attached/too involved in cases or you will emotionally burn out. It doesn't mean you are a bad nurse, or aren't treating patients with empathy and compassion. You are just protecting yourself, if you didn't you would lose your mind.
My grandmother passed away at the beginning of the year and the night before she passed away, her last words to her children (my mom and my uncle) were "You don’t have to come to the hospital tomorrow"
Loved your stories but got a headache after having to watch those crazy graphics.
My great-grandmothers last words were "what's paw doing in that corner"
Paw' was her father she passed in her nursing home with as much family could be there❤💙
Critical Care RN here - Caring for a terminally ill woman in ICU, I brought her some morphine for her pain. She looked up at me with pain filled eyes and said “Is that the death shot?” I cried, and she fell asleep and faded away. 😢
Nurse in UK. I was working in a small “cottage hospital” caring for elderly patients undergoing rehab before going home. One night while I did the bedtime medicine round, one man said to me, “I don’t need those, I’ll be dead by the morning.” I made light of it, because I was young & inexperienced & didn’t believe him. He seemed fine during regular rounds overnight, but on switching the lights on in the morning he was indeed (recently) dead. I wished that I had asked him for any messages for his relatives.
The scary thing about death is that it can at anytime happen to anyone, even if it's much rarer than dying when you're old or unhealthy.
It's.. not haunting at all, but as my mother was being wheeled away to have a blood clot from what would ultimately be a fatal stroke removed from her brain, I called out to her that I loved her, and the last thing she ever said was "I love you too, stay strong!"
She fell into a coma the next day, she was expected to die 1-2 days later.
That stubborn old bat toughed it out for 9 days, she clearly didn't want to die on her birthday, or mine, which would have been the next day, and the day before she died, respectively. I can only hope I'll be as stubborn as she was when it's time for me to go.
Story 9 😢
She's been waiting for a young man for a very long time, and she's ready to see him again 😭 she knows he's gone, so she probably kept in touch during her later years... or worse, he died young.
Everytime someone likes this comment I REMEMBER HOW SAD THIS STORY WAS....lost love in times of racial segregation and jim crow really pulls at the heart strings.... imagine being a youth and being in love, wanting to marry, and the whole country telling you NO DON'T YOU DARE! With someone around your own age, with someone who has all the capability to be with you and good for you, because some people are so cruel. And everyone was a bit more decent back then. When people got married they stayed married. She probably had to age into her 40s and the end of segregation and jim crow laws watching her love marry another woman as she married another man.
"It breaks me up every time" ＡＬＳＯ ＷＥ ＮＯＷ, ＨＡＶＥ Ａ ＤＩＳＣＯＲ-
Story 4: this is Something I do too. Just a few days ago I chaperoned an elderly Woman over to the next adventure. Her breathing was so shallow, her Heart Rate slowed, but her eyes were Open, unseeing, or better Not seing this world anymore. I Held her Hand for Like 30 Minutes, told her, she is Not alone, she May leave in Peace, im Here for her. I dont let my patients die alone, If I can manage... (Im an ICU nurse)
Always has been my philosophy. Nobody should die alone.
“Your father is here with my coat, it’s time to go”. My patient to her daughter. Patient’s husband had died several years before. Right after saying this, she closed her eyes and died. 😢❤
why do i do this to myself and watch these
im fucking depressed now
Me too 😂
May they rest in peace
Oh look it's-... it's... raining... ok, I'll admit it, I'm crying rn
If I was on my deathbed talking to someone I would say "somebody's gonna look through my diary.....don't let them" 👹
Actually nowadays it will be more like… ‘Don’t let them see my search history…’ ☠️
Dn nevermind don't let them see my dark side of my phone
@@perrobravoperocastrado2286 Fire Department Chronicles (UA-cam shorts) has an episode about that!
This would have been easier to follow without the background moving around so much. I am now having motion sickness.
Oh God the nasogastric tube got me. It’s so incredibly stupid, such a completely unnecessary and preventable thing and it cost someone their life. And yet, it’s something I can totally see happening. I’ve seen plenty of patients with dementia who were at high risk of doing something like this, and here somebody actually died because they were playing with the tube.
At least this was an accident made by the patient. There was an incident in Brazil once where the nurse mixed up the feeding tube with the IV tube. I'll...spare you the details of what happened that day.
@@ToastyNoneofyourbusiness that’s not even supposed to be possible… the connectors are different. Maybe not Brazil?
I will remember this phone call forever. Made from the hospital, my grandmother called my mom to tell us my great-grandfather passed away. He was 90. I couldn’t hear the other end but I immediately knew what had happened.
“Yeah? Oh my god- oh no. He was a really nice man. Yeah. Oh my god. Alright, bye”
That was my mom standing right next to me. She ran upstairs crying. I followed her, we hugged it out for a straight 5 minutes without moving, both of us crying.
My great-grandfather was in the hospital recovering from a fall he had in his kitchen. He was in perfect health 3 days before he died but suddenly one day he went to sleep and never woke up. He was unconscious for 2 days if I remember correctly. My grandmother and her siblings were standing next to his stretcher and watched his final breath. I still tear up 3 years later remembering the last time I visited, the summer the same year he passed.
My dad died recently. My brother wishes he could have understood what my dad tried to tell him the night before he died, but dad had alzheimers and didn't really make sense most of the time, unfortunately. I hope it doesn't haunt him not knowing what dad was trying to say...
I loved her for 55 years what will I do without here... ): WE NOW HAVE A DISCORD!!! 😆
Why do my eyes have to put up with speeding images while trying to read? I have to quit and I would have liked to read the stories.
I skipped to a random part on accident and saw on screen “Sadly, we can’t take people against their will.” ( 10:59 )
Patient tells you there's a man you can't see sitting there? Tell it to get out, in Jesus name.
What if it is jesus
@@annistar9693 Then it won't matter much, will it? But that wasn't Jesus.
@@JensMorrison It was Death. And I don't mean rhetorically, metaphorically, theoretically or in any other fancy way.
I'm sorry.
I can’t watch these videos because the background gives me a major headache! 😢
Great stories but the background made me nauseous.
My worst last words from a patient ON oxygen. Grabbing my arms and screaming in my face “
My Dying wish is a cigarette”. And I was not able to give her one.
It really upset me
I may or may not keep a pack of cigarettes that may or may not be for this purpose….
Mine will be "The gold is under the......".
My grandma before she passed handed us fifty 1 dollar bill each as a prank on Christmas then about four months later she passed and somehow a few minutes before we were told our tire some how got slashed by a large sharp object but we couldn't find anything still a joke in the family she was behind it when she passed one last prank
'' It breaks me up everytime.. '' We now have a discord ! ☺☺
I hid 1,000,000 dollars under the.............
I enjoyed the stories but the background graphics were extremely annoying. My husband has seizures and couldn’t watch because it made him feel sick.
If any of my sisters and brothers passed id be a crying mess
my mums a nurse.
she used to work in Princess Margaret Children Hospital is what it was called i think in Western Australia.
she has ghost stories of her own. there used to be a facebook page dedicated to ghost photos, though i think it got archived or deleted.
anyway, there was this room where everyone felt off. like, colder and shit. some of her friends have reported seeing ghost figures, and feeling they’re watched. epic.
sad they’ve destroyed it. the poor ghosts home. she now works at PCH, and my school has even made blankets for some kids there.
4:08 Sorry to hear about your friend's death.Why did blood start "pouring from his mouth" if he died of heart failure and acute myordarditis?
Wrong or additional diagnosis?
Nurse here - I don’t honestly know why either, but I’ve had patients mouths fill up with blood during cpr that needs to be suctioned away. These pts haven’t survived
If I had to choose my last words, it would be "I'm scared but I'm not afraid" or "Bury me facing the west, so I can watch the setting sun".
My grandpa died in 2022 due to lung cancer that was discovered way too late. My grandma visited him like everyday and he seemed to recover from the pneumonia. They watched the sunset thru the hospital window and my grandpa turned to my grandma and said "let's go home". She explained to him that she can't do that since he's still sick but will visit him again tomorrow. He died that night in his sleep.
Edit: the last time i saw him he was already in the hospital mostly sleeping and unable to speak. I had a panic attack cuz I couldn't handle the fact that he was dying and although I'm not a fan of hugging ppl since it makes me hella uncomfortable i still regret not hugging him but having to leave cuz of the panic attack. At least he didn't notice that I was having a breakdown.
Can’t watch the background,
The husband kissing her hand as his last action made me cry on another level
ngl, these stories make me teary eyed but i’d definitely say as i die, depending if i die before my bff; I’m going to haunt the shit outta my friend
Just listening to these stories tears me up. I couldnt do this job. Thank you to all the brave nurses for the work they do
My 17 year old friend was getting drunk with a 13 year old friend. 17 year old had a gun collection. Grabbed a shotgun off the wall, put it under his chin laughing and said "See ya later" and pulled the trigger....................Never bothered to check it first...They found some of his teeth in the ceiling and his chin in the corner. 13 year old told me he slept with the lights on for 3 months. He died 10 years later from a drug overdose...
Holy fuck. That has to be the most traumatic shit to ever see for a 13 year old. I would not recover from that man
Hate the changing backround. Hurts my eyes.
Story 4. As a nurse myself, this is exactly what I say. I tell the patient “It’s ok, everybody will understand and be ok. It’s ok to go.” I can’t even begin to count how many times in my 15 years I’ve held the hand of somebody that passes away. I have spent hours of the night sitting with patients so their families could get some much needed sleep, and have been with many when they draw their last breath. I always make sure to reassure them that they can go. It’s one of the most heartbreaking parts of the job, but the comfort that you can bring them in their final moments is also very rewarding. Nobody should die alone, and this is one thing that I make sure to tell new staff, students, and families to reassure them that their loved one will not be alone.
"I've loved her for 55 years; she was my whole life. What do I do without her?"
wE nOw HaVe a diScOrD
The stories are interesting, but I need dramamine from the graphics.
Cannot bear the visual you seem to really like. It does something strange to the brain/eyes, and it interferes with focusing on the stories.
My mother was slowly dying after a stroke. I visited her on a Sunday and as I left she said “ see you next week”. I lived and worked in a town 5 hours away and had planned to visit again in 2 weeks. She died on the following Wednesday. So I saw her the “next week”.
This is now my absolute favorite of these channels.
Does no one else hate the moving background. I clicked off
My mom told my grandma it was okay to go, and she died that night. Then I had to do it to my mom when she was fighting stage 4 cancer. It's a kindness and a nightmare all at the same time.
I like your stories but the video game graphics are so annoying and make me sick to my stomach from dizziness.
My last words will probably be “I shouldn’t have drank that orange flavored Kool Aid”
In the first 30+ second i was sad about the grandpa and then the discord announcement comes in my day is ruin and im disappointed u could have just mentioned the discord in the end
Hate the background constant motion, makes you feel sick
for story 10 what your father saw was the Grim Reaper patiently waiting for him to pass
The last thing my grandfather said to me was "please get me out of here.."
I started crying. I was holding his hand in the hospital room.
My late mother was a nurse who worked most of her career in long-term care homes (nursing homes). She heard lots of strange stuff that she related to me.
Not haunting words or stories, because my mom often told her work stories in a way that made work sound hilarious. I always found her workplace to be depressing, BTW.
Anyway, she told me that they had one female patient who moaned every night for something like 2 years, "I'm dying, OMG, I'm dying!" For hours on end, until she fell asleep, but it kept the other patients awake, she was so loud. My mom said she wasn't sick enough to die, she was just old and overly dramatic.
Then my mom called me one day, and said, "Guess what? Last night, she was finally right!"
And those *were* her last words, apparently, "I'm dying." My mom really was a great nurse, I think it's just that humor was a stress reliever for her.
humor? or tumor? hmmm...
Story 9: Most likely, she had a black boyfriend a long time ago that she didn't marry because at the time, interracial marriage wasn't socially acceptable. She likely regrets not marrying him.
regardless of race, even if white, it could've been ANY reason why they refused
A long time ago the Russians did some experimentation, more like monitored visually and with available machinery. Upon death every patient lost a few ounces (feel free to substitute grams or whatever they use). It was based on speculation of the soul. I had a little springer spaniel that a visiting 13 year old bully kicked in the stomach. The vet said he had ruptured her bowels and had to be put to sleep. I stayed with her with my hands on her side and neck. I actually felt something through my hands as she left. Sounds crazy, I’m not. It was nothing I had never felt before…. I couldn’t have made the feeling up. It was like a light buzzing, but not that harsh feeling of electricity. Imagine the feeling a bit more than a feather.
My Dalmatian died at 15. She was in her basket and had previously come said goodbye. I knew she was dying so did she. When she was sleeping in her basket I told her I had to go to the bathroom and wheeled myself up the ramp( in wheelchair). She immediately watched me go until I was out of sight then went to sleep. A small orb then appeared followed by another near the edge of her basket. They spun around with joy and took off and disappeared. When I came back she had passed away, I saw the orbs on the ring camera and I knew she had some one collect her. A small little dog who passed away years before who was her best friend perhaps. But two orbs it was. Her name was Angel and I still miss her.
If the game playback in the background be half as fast, it would be more comfortable for watching.
My parents were married for 64 years, most of them with my Dad in the pulpit as a Minister; he passed about a month after their last Anniversary. Ten months later, about a month before the date of their next anniversary rolled around, my mother was admitted to hospital and it was discovered that all we could do was comfort care. My sister, hubby, and myself stayed almost three weeks with her 24/7 with my grown children coming each day to spell us off a bit. One night, just after my sister stepped out to make a cup of tea, my mother - who had been unintelligible since the breathing tube was pulled - looked over my shoulder and clearly and brightly declared “Oh look, there’s your father”. Considering Dad had passed 11.5 months before, but knowing he had ALWAYS made a point to be with parishioners when they crossed, the possibility seemed all too real in my mind! Being the chicken that I am, however, I chose to not turn my head and just said, “Well of course, Ma. Where else would he be?” She smiled, laid her head back down, and passed away. To this day, I kinda regret not turning around!
by story 4 i was in tears
My patient, who had been recovering well from a heart attack, told me she felt a sense of doom and that she was going to die that night. She had been completely stable. She got out of bed to take a walk around the hall. Had her telemetry monitor on. All of a sudden I heard a shout from the tele technician screaming to check on her as she was n ventricular fibrillation. She coded and died. I never doubted a patient again if they said that.
i can only listen not watch. that minecraft thing or whatever is nauseating lol.
bro this got me crying 😥
We are all already walking corpses just enjoy yourselves!
My last words are gonna be some shi like “the voices are telling me your next” and then just flat line to scare the shit out of them
That 'guy in the corner' one is more common than you'd think. Very ill people tend to make out human shapes out of nearly anything, like when you were a kid and thought the dressing gown was a monster.
Had to tap out after story 10 because of sobbing.
If I were dying, my last words would be “that’s all folks… “ and die. That’s it
Mine would've been. Finally, I'm free.
The background is too distracting so I stopped watching.
Same, I love Minecraft but holy moly!! 😮
These stories made me sad😢
I’m sorry but story 6 had impeccable comedic timing
A friend of mine was out with his buddy for a night of drinking. For some reason or another he got pissed and got in his car a took off fast as that car would go. So my friend took off after him. The next thing my buddy noticed a dust storm and was water hitting his car. The dust was pieces of the car and radiator fluid. His friend was ejected from the car and my friend ran to him and was telling hold on he calling for help. His friends eyes were closed and for an instant he woke up and said “What the f***” and that was the end. I always wondered what he seen to make him say that.
For those of us who are visual learners, the background movement, and your video is so distracting that I stopped reading and trying to listen to what was going on
11:11 My grandfather was in and out of the hospital he liked the nurses and understood he needed to be there. then COVID hit.... He was in the hospital when no one was allowed in(He didn't have COVID) he was discharged and went home for a few weeks when his health took a turn... He flipped out the second the word "Hospital" was said.... Something happened that last visit.... I never saw or heard that man being afraid until that moment... He lived for a few more months until he went comatose, home hospice. he got to pass in his home...
why would a man who lost is wife say that he has a discord server?
I’m a hospice nurse and the most intense thing anyone has said before dying was “I killed him. My husband went to jail for it, but I killed him.” No further information given.
"she was my whole life, what do I do now"
"WE NOW HAVE A DISCORD!"
when my grandpa passed away, i was at the different country,having fun at concert. i didn't even realised my mom called me because you know, concert just loud af. i went back to the hotel charge my phone and saw few texts from my mom from "papa (grandpa) is in critical condition", "papa needs life support. please come back, he's searching for you" and last one "he passed away". i've arrived home 3 days later because i'm from asia and i went to US with friends. up til now, it scares me just to leave my house in case there's an emergency again.
Story 13 - The man that died due to their tube not remaining stable is so…💔it’s just…😢…
I first wanted to ask WHY something so vital would be left unmonitored for so long, if it was how the tube itself was monitored and/or missed patient history.
Also, why people blamed the man without more information who may have inadvertently fidgeted with the tube due to nerves, hello, and/or may have been suppressing anxiety/fear to appear amiable and collected so as not to worry those he was with or give into his own fear/nerves, or may not have realized the full importance of the tube’s function until it was too late, their function being explained in a way as to not “cause him undue stress” or thought of as being “kind”,
because all of these things and more happen,
-BUT THEN-
I remembered, details are missing, and more importantly, people are just that, people. We’re human, and humans are not typically prone to mind reading 🧠 or fortune telling🔮, and life is often unpredictable and unfair.
It’s why we tell our loved ones where we’re going and when we’re coming home, and why when one person is allowed an extra cookie at snack time, everybody else expects and rightfully deserves the same treatment, whether you’re 5yo or 55yo.
But I also remembered that life sometimes includes bad things happening when no one is to blame at all, and these may be the most difficult parts of life for all of us as they demand acceptance in order to heal, anything else either stops the wound from worsening, or worsens the wound entirely. There are no other options.
It really bothers me about the tube. I’ve seen patients meddle with tubes, pull them out, take off oxygen and more. It’s usually confusion that causes the problem. I have seen patients in restraints remove vital tubes as well and you can’t stand over every patient your whole shift to guard them. I have had a patient who smoked ask for a cigarette with his last breath. I have been a hospice nurse, a hospital nurse, home health nurse, school nurse, and office nurse. It’s heartbreaking when you’ve done everything possible and the patient dies anyway. Some patients you never forget…❤