Deathbed visions

[SCRN1]

Have you taken care of any patients who've had any?

The first time I had a patient who was apparently having one was a lady who kept looking straight ahead at the wall & having conversations with someone named Mary that no one else could see. Come to find out from her adult son, Mary was his aunt who was deceased. The patient died a few days later.

Another one was recently. She was an elderly lady who was so weak, she could barely speak and definately was unable to assist us when we would turn her from side to side. Well, while we were all sitting in the nurses station charting and it was quiet, we heard her talking. Her room was beside the nurses station and we kept the door open. We all looked and the lady was SITTING UP IN BED and talking loud enough that we could hear from outside the room. When asked who she was talking to, she said it was a little girl dressed in white who keeps coming to see her. A little while later, the lady was back the way she was before she had that visitor we couldn't see. We told her niece about it the next morning when she came to visit and she said several of their family members have also talked of a little girl dressed in white coming to see them soon before death. That lady also died a few days later.

Neither of these patients had been medicated with anything that would cause hallucinations and neither were confused patients. I've heard of other nurses who've seen these kinds of things happen. Have you?

[hecallsmeDuchess]

Where I come from, we believe that people on their way out of this dimension can see and interact with those who have gone before them. We also believe that those who have gone can send messages from beyond. It's something I grew up believing, I haven't had a chance to apply science to it and I'm not sure I want to either.

Recently, an uncle of mine passed and I attended the wake as I couldn't make the burial. Well, weeks after he was buried he was in my dream (as real as can be) telling me 'thank you' for attending his wake and being by his son through it.:)

[Inawe]

Hello. Please, understand my reasons for being anonymous with my own story.

I'm not sure why, but managed to find my way to this website and read your title story. In doing so was compelled to write something I've kept to myself. Something only a few people had shared with me and since that day several years ago am left wondering about so much... but more than anything left with hope and a true sense of gratitude. Thank you in advance for reading this.

My mother in law had been diagnosed with non Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She was always a strong and brave woman that was always there for her family and never let life or fear get the better of her. Especially throughout her battle with Cancer. The day had come to bring her home to pass away surrounded by family.

It was an emotionally turbulent time as the siblings each had personal differences to suppress and more than anything wanted to be there in comfort. We all took turns individually or together to be beside her. One of the last discussions mom had with us was that she wished she had a little retriever puppy to snuggle up with while resting in bed. We all smiled. In a matter of days, she slowly began to slip in and out of consciousness. Then it happened...

All of us were together one sunny afternoon talking with each other and mom in her room when we noticed a little girl dressed in a white dress walking down the road towards our cul-de-sac with a small golden retriever puppy. Not any of us recognized her being from around the neighborhood. We immediately remembered mom's wish and a couple of the daughters rushed out to talk with this little girl.

She was very fearless in accommodating a small visit with mom after being told of what to expect. We also explained if she was not comfortable that she did not have to come in or at least leave anytime. She only smiled and gently picked up her puppy and quietly entered the house. She was so respectful and brave upon entering mom's room. We all thanked her and she simply smiled. We'd placed the puppy on mom's left side and put her hand on the small dog. The puppy laid there resting with his head on mom's hip and we could see mom's thumb weakly stroking his head!

We asked the girl if she lived nearby and her response simply was "no, I'm not from around here" softly spoken. We felt so uplifted and grateful for such a blessing. After a short time the little girl left and to this day, not one of us (father in law, three sisters, myself or brother) can recall her name or that of the little dog. After she'd left... we all looked at each other wondering what had just happened... silently comforted, each thinking the same thing about such an odd coincidence. Mom passed away a few short days after and had never regained consciousness after the visit.

My wife and I lived in that house for a couple more years and neither of us had seen that little girl or this dog again. I honestly am left with the impression of having been in the presence of an angel that day. We all do.

[leslie :-D]

inawe, you and your family were witness to a phenomenal event...once in a lifetime.

thank you for sharing your story.:)

how did this girl appear physically?

did she look like a 'regular' child? and the dog?

leslie

[tokmom, BSN, RN]

Well..that gave me goosebumps!

[tokmom, BSN, RN]

Yes, I have had a dying patient tell me to be quiet, because she was listening to the angels sing. She died a few hours later. I guess my dribble wasn't as exciting, lol.

My uncle saw my dad (his brother) I knew the end was near and sure enough it was.

Anytime a relative or patient starts seeing family members I know its not a good sign!

[Inawe]

Thank you Leslie,

Indeed, I have no other way to explain what we had experienced together other than a genuine blessing.

These little visitors appeared quite "typical" really and can still picture her in my head. The girl couldn't have been older than 8 years old. She had medium-length sandy-blond hair, wore a white dress with a kind of band (light blue) that held her hair back. The most vivid thing I recall of her is how calm, brave and kind she was. I feel most children would've been very uncomfortable in such a situation. She appeared calm and her smile was warmly gentle.

This little puppy was so adorable! He barely moved the entire time that he remained by mom's side. :)

[Inawe]

"One of my instructors said that she had experiences where people would see a small dog on their bed before they passed away." © damarystx story #61

I just came across this contribution. My goodness, has anyone else experienced anything like that?

[linearthinker, DNP, RN]

Anoxia. Nothing anagogic about it.

[Chaya, ASN, RN]

Yes, I have had a dying patient tell me to be quiet, because she was listening to the angels sing. She died a few hours later. I guess my dribble wasn't as exciting, lol.

My uncle saw my dad (his brother) I knew the end was near and sure enough it was.

Anytime a relative or patient starts seeing family members I know its not a good sign!

It may well be a very good sign-for the dying person.

[Mimi2RN, ASN, RN]

My mum was dying of cancer of the uterus. I went to visit her one evening, she was in a bed at the end of the ward. We talked for a few minutes, she knew who I was, and she had not had any pain medication. Suddenly, she sat up in bed, looked at the door at the other end of the ward, and said "It's me dad!". I turned round and looked at the door. I knew my dad was not coming to visit.

No-one was there.

Her dad had passed away many years before, but I know he came for her. She died two days later.

[ncbutterfly]

I wanted to share a near-death experience that I had a few years ago with my uncle. If this is the wrong spot please move.

My uncle had been up in the mountains fishing and felt like he had indigestion all day. My aunt was with him and she dropped him off fishing while she went shopping. She came back at the agreed upon time to pick up my uncle. When he met her at the car he told her he wasn't feeling well and then proceeded to have a heart attack. After he was stabilized enough he was transferred to a local hospital.

While my uncle was in the hospital my aunt developed pneumonia and was hospitalized in the same hospital as my uncle. The family was taking turns staying with them both. It came my turn and I was going to stay the night. I was really anxious since I hadn't stayed with him before and didn't know what to expect.

When I got there he was coughing up blood and said he couldn't breathe. He was in horrible shape. They had done all they could and didn't expect him to leave the hospital. All night I was helping him to urinate or switch out those long spit bags that hang in the room that he used to spit blood in. I just knew he was going to die before morning. I was really scared and prayed and prayed for him. I was also wide awake from the adrenaline of being so scared he was going to die on me.

He had gotten settled for a few minutes and I sat down to look through a magazine and pray. Then I remember waking up and there was someone kneeling at my uncles left side. I asked them if everything was alright and they said he was fine and for me to go back to sleep. Then I woke up and my uncle was sitting up in the bed with a smile on his face and he started talking to me. He wasn't coughing up blood and he had the oxygen mask off. I was astonished at his turn around and ashamed that I had fallen asleep.

Then my uncle said, "That was the cadiallac of services." I said what? and he repeated it, "That was the cadiallac of services." I asked him what he was talking about and he said that man had come in and ran a "thread" through his arm and it went into his heart and he was healed. I so was confused but thrilled that my uncle was better.

So when the doctor came in we asked what they had done to him and they said no one had come in and done anything. He must of been hallucinating. But I saw that person too. So they asked the nurse and she didn't have any idea what we were talking about and the doctor assured us if anything had been run to my uncles heart it would of been done in the operating room and not in the patient room. We also wondered if an iv had been changed or removed and it wasn't since it was in my uncles right arm.

So a few weeks later we were discussing it and we both believe we had been in the presence of an angel who saved his life. All we remember is that someone was there and we don't remember a name or a face or any features. I do feel truly blessed at witnessing this and I have witnessed other things but they have been not so nice things so I won't share those.

[ncbutterfly]

Oh and one other positive experience I remembered.

My grandma died unexpectedly after breaking her hip. She had her hip replaced and had just been moved to a rest home when on her first and only night there she had a blood clot and died.

It was sad and very unexpected. Well my Paw had found out a month before that he had skin cancer and was being treated without my grandma knowing. So we took turns taking care of him and taking him to his appointments. Turns out the cancer metastasized and was in his liver, lungs, and other organs.

On the morning my Paw died I had a dream that him and my Grandma were walking hand in hand in heaven. This was about 6am. At around 10am my sister showed up at my house and I knew was she was going to tell me before she said it. I told her what had happened and we both broke down in tears.

I believe they told me they were together and not to worry about them. BTW, he died 2 days shy of the one year anniversary of my Grandma's passing. Oh and my Paw did talk to people a couple of weeks before he died that had passed on. He was in his bedroom and would look at the ceiling and talk or just smile. My aunt and mom were in the room when he said "I didn't know you would be here." When I tried to ask him about it he told me he didn't want to talk about it.

I have a lot of experiences and share them with my family but they all think I am nuts.