"What People Actually Say Before They Die"

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1. That's interesting...

I have been in that situation twice, once with my wife and again with my dad. They both hallucinated often. My wife's caused by the chemo and my dad's by his dementia. They both saw people and things that weren't there. Both happened as they slipped closer to death. So as not to confuse them further, I would just smile and agree or ask them a question about it and they would just move on to another subject. Who knows what's going through people's mind? It hurt that they were not themselves, but you cannot fault them for what they see.....we do not see it. Maybe it's a mechanism the brain uses to deal with what is imminent. Hopefully it makes their transition less painful.