Personal Deathbed Vision Stories?

[hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I]

“You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato. There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!” Scrooge to Mr Marley

[dawnmichele70, LPN]

I saw a woman after she passed. She had MS, was contracted into a fetal position, overweight, color poor.  But when I saw her she looked like her Senior picture that was on her nightstand.  Her posture was erect, her skin glowing, and hair shiny.  She looked like an angel and it was this amazing experience.  

The haunting experiences don't phase me anymore. So many weird things happen on nightshift in LTC.  It's when they see demons that I get freaked out.  It happens a lot with the schizophrenics.  

I had this one guy...in total panic, wanting to get baptized, make confession, and telling me "the enemy's here".  He was going into everyone's room looking for the enemy.  I had to send him to the ER for eval.  They sent him back with a UTI.

So after a couple days of getting antibiotics he's still afraid of the enemy, "Jeffrey".  One of my CNAs and I just sat with him.  I played this Christian song and the CNA prayed over him.  He slept all night.  Was it the power of prayer or was it the antibiotic?  Most would say the antibiotic.  

I'm a Christian and I'm not trying to peach, but I do hope you get to experience a miracle or two.  ???

[GrumpyRN, NP]

2 hours ago, dawnmichele70 said:

He slept all night. Was it the power of prayer or was it the antibiotic?  Most would say the antibiotic.  

Nothing to do with prayer, it was the antibiotics and someone sitting with him giving him human company.

 

2 hours ago, dawnmichele70 said:

I'm a Christian and I'm not trying to peach, but I do hope you get to experience a miracle or two. 

A miracle is what you call it when something occurs that you can't explain and you're too impressed to try and figure out exactly what happened.

[dawnmichele70, LPN]

I have experienced the strange, paranormal things at work...no miracles.  Those have happened in my personal life.  I keep my faith to myself for the most part...meant to say I don't preach (not peach).  Most of the people I work with are atheist/agnostic.  

Then sometimes I am ashamed that I whisper about the things God has done in my life.  I should be shouting out what He has done for me.  Why should I be embarrassed to say that I love God?  

So here goes...I was healed from addiction to pain pills.  After 9 years of taking them, and eventually overdosing, I lost my job and nursing license.  The day I got out of the hospital I haven't taken another one.  I had no withdrawals, none.  It's almost been 10 years since I got saved.  Maybe you wouldn't consider that a miracle.  

But 2 years ago I got my license reinstated and was able to work as a nurse again. I'm very open about it at work.  When people ask how I did it I used to give some other reason...but no more.  God answered my prayers, and that's the truth.  There's no other explanation for me.

Continuing in faith and prayer I've been able to overcome depression, anxiety, PTSD, and suicidal thoughts.  It's filled me with joy, peace, and love.  

We tend to neglect the spiritual needs of our residents.  Those needs are just as important as their physical needs.  I'm grateful whenever I get an opportunity for that.

[Tenebrae, BSN, RN]

don't feel freaked by it. 

I work in hospice currently and have done alot of work in aged care. 

There are a couple of ones that Spring to mind

Lady in her mid 60s, told her husband "I'm going to die tonight". She died in the early hours of that night. 

One was a gentleman who had an odd verbal tic (changed to maintain privacy as its quite distinctive) "Sailor making land" and he would periodically call this out usually with a big grin on his face, sure he just liked making other people smile. He died unexpectedly during the night and was found when we came on morning shift. Another male resident who was in the room oppisate said "The sailor making man was here". Resident number 2 was usually non verbal and non mobile. 

Another was a lady who was in the end stage of life and she said "Brian, I'm ready lets go". Turned out that Brian was her late husband (name changed to preserve privacy). 

I'm agnostic/atheist. Nothing I have seen has convinced me of the reality of God. I tend to view these encounters as evidence that there may support the prescence of higher being. I think my belief can best be summed up in the following quote by Marcus Aurealius "Live a good life, if there are gods and they are just they will judge based on how you have lived your life. If there are no gods or they are unjust you wouldnt want to worship such a being anyway. So live a good life that will live on in the memory of your loved ones'

[No Stars In My Eyes]

Private Duty patient calls me into her room and asks, "Who is that standing at the foot of my bed?" There was no one there, so I just said, "I don't know; who does it look like?" She said, "He looks a little bit like Jesus."

So, I called her family members, who all arrived in time to be with her when she died.

[HiddenAngels]

On 3/20/2022 at 8:24 PM, No Stars In My Eyes said:

Private Duty patient calls me into her room and asks, "Who is that standing at the foot of my bed?" There was no one there, so I just said, "I don't know; who does it look like?" She said, "He looks a little bit like Jesus."

So, I called her family members, who all arrived in time to be with her when she died.

Yep, I've seen this inpatient too

[GrumpyRN, NP]

I've just come across a book by Dr Bruce Greyson called "After." It is about near-death experiences. I have just downloaded a sample from Amazon and the full book is only 99 pence. Unfortunately in America it seems to be $11.99.

He seems to have another couple of books on the same topic.

 

[No Stars In My Eyes]

30 minutes ago, GrumpyRN said:

I've just come across a book by Dr Bruce Greyson called "After." It is about near-death experiences. I have just downloaded a sample from Amazon and the full book is only 99 pence. Unfortunately in America it seems to be $11.99.

He seems to have another couple of books on the same topic.

 

Sounds interesting!  Now that I am in the Millionaire's Club 🤪 at the Books-A-Million store, I have a credit of $5.38 which oughta take the sting out of the  price over here. 🙂

[No Stars In My Eyes]

Two more:

Little old lady says to me: "I'm ready to go home now. Will you take me home?" When I said, "Sure," and took her hand, she died.

Little old man says to me, "Am I, am I dy....?" I nodded and said, "yes", and he died.

 

[HiddenAngels]

On 5/7/2022 at 7:56 PM, No Stars In My Eyes said:

Two more:

Little old lady says to me: "I'm ready to go home now. Will you take me home?" When I said, "Sure," and took her hand, she died.

Little old man says to me, "Am I, am I dy....?" I nodded and said, "yes", and he died.

 

but, 😲

[nurseparky]

My wife and I are both hospice nurses.  We both deal with veterans and civilians, atheist and religious people of all faiths.  We have both had many end of life experiences,  and many of them we have been at bedside holding the patient's hand as they pass.  

Full disclosure, I am a religious person, but I can have an objective discussion about this topic.  My suggestion is that you remain objective time as well.  Some would say that visions don't prove anything about spirituality, but how can it fairly be discounted?  Be open-minded, remember a patient's EOL experience can't be discounted any more than their reported pain level.  And be humble enough to admit that we don't know everything . . .

If you will be exposed to terminal/EOL patients, read the book FINAL GIFTS. Should be required reading for all nurses.  I think I picked up a copy from ebay last month for $3.