death in numbers

Jon's sis · Jul 19, 2003

My grandma always said that, too. She counted it with famous people--the last was Hepburn, Hackett and Ebsen. Family members, also. Lucky for us, there hasn't been a run of family deaths lately.

My grandma came from Germany, so I always figured it was a German saying.

Jon's sis · Jul 19, 2003

Whoops, sorry. Yea, I believe it. Though sometimes it depends on how you count them.

phn92 · Jul 19, 2003

I've seen it with deaths and births! I remember when I used to work Newborn, we would have twins come in three's!

karenG · Jul 19, 2003

yes- I have always counted things in 3's- from deaths to retinal detachements!!! all things go in 3's!

Karen

gwenith, BSN, RN · Jul 19, 2003

Lots of things go in three's including ICU admissions!!! We just had three necrotising fascitis pts at once!

P_RN, ADN, RN · Jul 19, 2003

I totally believe it. There are 3 funeral homes in our area and you can be sure if one gets busy there will be two more deaths within the week.

jnette, ASN, EMT-I · Jul 20, 2003

Yeh... have found that to be so at dailysis as well. Seems like when we lose one, two more are sure to follow within a very short time. I wonder why that is? :confused:

MelRN13 · Jul 20, 2003

I've always seen it in threes as well, on Thursday we had three patients die in CCU.

night owl · Jul 20, 2003

I always see death come in 3's. Never picked up on it until someone mentioned it to me about 15 years ago. Every time someone has died since then, two more always followed within two weeks and it's always the ones you least expect. It's verrrrry weird isn't it?

kids · Jul 20, 2003

I have "known" about deaths coming in 3s since I was a kid...my Mom was a nurse who spent 45 years working in NHs & SNFs.

I have lost 3 immediate family members within 3.5 months this year...and then I lost a (distant) family member last week. I am kind of nervous.

LauraF, RN, ASN, CNA, LPN, RN · Jul 20, 2003

I was told about the power of 3 when I was a CNA in my teens. To this day, it still holds true. Even working in a doctors office.