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Uben

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1. That's interesting...
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 06:56 AM
Jan 2019

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.

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That's interesting... Uben Jan 2019 #1
👀 underpants Jan 2019 #2
We were there when my dad-in-love passed. akraven Jan 2019 #3
My late sister started talking about "getting out of here" susanna Mar 2019 #4
thank you for sharing this orleans Mar 2019 #5
Thank you for reading it. susanna Mar 2019 #6
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