Dying alone

[stillaboveground]

11 months ago I had an heart attack and was taken to the ICU while on holiday in Spain, I was already in the hospital having been taken ill a few days earlier, I felt I was taking my last breath and wouldn't survive the night out, I was with my husband at the time and I didn't fear dying, but I wanted my loved ones near me for support. The nature of this virus means isolation so we cannot visit our loved ones while they are in hospital so people will die alone in some cases, this is what I fear most. Take care and keep safe everyone.

[Maisie2014]

I spent countless days with my mum in the hospice. I watched people around her go one by one with people around the bed and that’s how my mum went, with my sisters and me at the bedside. That’s how she wanted it even though she fought all the way. I decided then that I did not want that. My dad went in his sleep alone and I’m fine with that. He told me he had “died” a few days before and wasn’t scared any more, despite the fact he was only 49. I know there is a God and He’ll be there.

[stillaboveground in reply to Maisie2014]

Thank you.

[Dolphin14]

It's my fear for my family.

I feel strongly that a loving nurse will hold the hand of someone in this situation.

I've held many hands in the past. I know that each person belongs to someone. They are important and shouldn't be alone.

Nurse's may not be your " person" but their heart hurts when someone is dieing.

Stay safe, follow the guidelines

May we all get through this safely.

[bantam12 in reply to Dolphin14]

My husband died in Critical Care 200 miles away, the nurse who called to tell me said he wasn't alone as she was with him and she was actually in tears, he had been in the unit for 4 weeks so they had got to know him well, he was only 68 and shouldn't have died 🙁

[Dovaston in reply to bantam12]

😢

[Dolphin14 in reply to bantam12]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[Rose54]

It is a cruel virus and many many people are never ever going to get over the heartbreak that are going through .

I fear for NHS Staff as well theirs going to be so much post traumatic street about when this is all over .

[stillaboveground]

Thank you all for the reassuring reply's, it can't be easy for the medical staff who try to be with someone in their last hour, they just can't go home and forget it will stay with them always. Thank you NHS