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My grandad died of lung cancer the Wednesday I was at summer camp; me and my sisters were told that Friday, as our parents didn’t want to take us out of the camp with such sad news, and just wanted us to have fun for a little while longer I understand their decision, but part of me wishes I could’ve seen him more He died when I was 13; I wish I could’ve talked to him more, because I was finally old enough to have deep conversations with him But I only remember seeing him once that year he was on hospice I think it’s because my parents didn’t want us to see him like that; he was a shell of his former self, a living skeleton that couldn’t even go to the bathroom on his own They also knew he exhausted himself when we came to visit because he refused to let us see just how bad he was doing; he couldn’t hide his skinny body, or the oxygen tank, or the hospice notes on the door, but he could act chipper, and joke, and act as though he wasn’t in horrible pain But I wish he didn’t feel the need to do that I knew he was dying, I knew what hospice meant, I understood he had lung cancer and had stopped treatment I just wanted to talk to him, genuinely and seriously about his life I didn’t get to know about his life much, even though he lived through so many things I know if we could accept that death is something that comes to us all, and sometimes it’s kinder to let them pass instead of forcing them to fight on, he wouldn’t have felt a need to put on a show for me Death isn’t a scary monster chasing you down; he’s a merciful savior, telling you “it’s okay; you can rest now”
Comment from : Labra

LOVE HER People need to know the truth in these situations in order to help them better emotionally prepare for a loss - because if they are still thinking there might be a change they will be more devastated when they find out there was no hope or they have been led to believe something that isn't real
Comment from : Graven

Medic tf2 lore
Comment from : carbon

God decides…
Comment from : Linda Valday

The funeral at the end made me cry We have to applaud the strength if these mothers, who fight until the end for their children
Comment from : TurtleMe

How beautiful
Comment from : Kirby

“I don’t want a medical death, I want a human death”brbrThat’s a powerful statement
Comment from : Jaycie M

She works at children’s hospital in Detroit One of the best hospitals in the country and I’ve watched a few things about her She’s amazing
Comment from : True LJ

This is one of the most touching, beautiful, significant documentaries I've ever seen That doctor is magnificent ❤
Comment from : DoraMc

I wonder if it's a coincidence that all families shown are black It makes me sad to think that these circumstances are more likely to happen to them
Comment from : Geht Nix

I frequently think about the nurse who told me how it was when my 18 year old brother was dying in the hospital Everyone kept trying to give us false hope and it made it worse
Comment from : kitkat

We'll all be therebrNo one gets out of this life alivebrBe kind to each other 🤲
Comment from : DP

I think that is why death can be a scary thing We need to quit trying to deny it and be like the doctor in this video
Comment from : Lynn Judd

This is why I hate the neuro unit The doctors are never completelybrHonest that the patients are dead and will not be able to sustain life with such an injury They still allow family to trach and peg these people while their bodies continue to waste away
Comment from : Portia Walker

Such a well done documentary on an important topic
Comment from : baek amazingness

I worked as a medical social worker in a hospital and I cannot tell you how many times the doctors could not/would not directly tell the patients or their families that they were dying Their inability to be candid and direct inadvertently gave many patients and families false hope or stalled them into gracefully stepping into reality and making important last wish decisions It was the social workers, nurses, and palliative care teams that (thankfully) would bridge this for them This dr is doing such important work 🙏🏼
Comment from : Alesha

Oh my this was so hard to watch God bless these parents and the doctor who cares enough to even take this position in life as her purpose 🙏🏼
Comment from : Rose Banx

I am 68 I am not afraid to die This world is not the one that existed when I was growing up I know what awaits after death if we Christians and follow God’s will I look so forward to that
Comment from : Jane Schreiner

It's funny how she told a lady whose baby is physically attached to the inside of her body not to get attached Physically A human , formed and bonded and sustained by mere attachment to it's own human being
Comment from : Merly Sammy

If one can see grace in death instead of faikurw to love , guilt and shame that would ease alot of things
Comment from : Dr Imbesat Syed

It's a grey zoneBut Nadia has little apprehensive expressions when talking to the patients Seems like she has internal struggle with the concept
Comment from : Dr Imbesat Syed

Dr's are ego driven and see death as they failed brbrNurse and palliative care are compassion drivenbrbrHuge difference
Comment from : Bbymks5

Precious little Giovanni Your life holds such meaning and so much value and everyone in your short little life has gained a sense of kindness and compassion that they would never have gotten without you And to that momma, my prayers for you my hugs for you
Comment from : eerye70

Черные шары в конце это просто что то запредельное смерть и есть болезнь, смерть не естественный процесс для человекаяпротив смертижить вечно и развиваться, вот что я бы хотела Но если это не возможно, то самую лёгкую и безболезненную, удобную и невесомую, чтобы было легко, легко
Comment from : Розаветровна

What an extraordinary healer you are People are so afraid of death, they really do alienate patients of all ages who are dying
Comment from : Ashleigh Macdonald

Inspired by her loving directness shared with compassion, empathy and intellect Hope more doctors can embrace her wisdom 🙏
Comment from : Penelope Kilpatrick

The most difficult thing a parent can hear:/
Comment from : B

that must be such a difficult and draining job to have but a very important one She might get strength from it though and you appreciate life more
Comment from : phanders

Dying children should be forced on life support and die by natural causes never be taken off life-support if you pull the plug on a child that should be akin to murder quality of life is not important quantity of life is
Comment from : jking

I was a patient at a children’s hospital for nearly ten years and I almost died so many times but only once or twice did they actually SAY the word death It was the d word it was worst than if you randomly said a slur for some floors and doctors brbrThis is so needed She does such important work
Comment from : Hope Adler

I don't understand why "Death" is such a taboo word in most doctors and what not, especially in cases of an FTT(failure to thrive) or a life-altering incident that leaves the quality of life not goodbrbrThank hells for these nurses and doctors who will actually do their best to provide comfort to these people because its a hard subject
Comment from : ShibaTheDragon

This was absolutely heartbreaking to watch
Comment from : Bri

What a rough job to have My pediatric oncologist aged 20 years infront of me in the span of seeing her for 10 years It is gut wrenching losing those kids Those people are heros
Comment from : Garden_Vibes

I'm filled with hope knowing that she teaches and can pass down her humane and beautiful ethics around palliative medicine <3 Lets all hope for a Good Death
Comment from : kathryn fellows

Excellent pieceI am of the same mind Fearing death just leaves an individual alone and a family isolated Let's bring back seeing death, as a part of life,
Comment from : Beth Garfinkel

Very moving
Comment from : jmac

God bless you
Comment from : Anjie Rose

Sometimes people know bjust/b what to say When that man said i"If this little dude Giovanni was only put on this Earth to bring us together in this room"/i and it's like i"Yeah! He may not have been here for long, but he brought all these people together in a room full of love and family that may not have seen each other enough"/i That's something beautiful out of something so heart-wrenching Man, I need a guy like that at my funeral 😆
Comment from : Alli B

Giovanni’s family gathering to celebrate his life and wrap his mama in love was a thing of beauty
Comment from : Miscellaneous Interests

*Too many (over 5) commercials that interrupt this serious topic Jarring and prevents me from wanting to watch more NYT videos
Comment from : RiverNaiad

You can not say this to many families They are in negation and get distressed and offended and accused us of being negative and of lacking faith, and empathy, and we do not believe in miraclesit is very touchy
Comment from : Adriana Fernandez

What an incredible physician Bravo
Comment from : Rachel Zwicker

God bless you Thank you for all you do
Comment from : Wise men Still seek Him

bWhen my mom died I was overwhelmed with grief The only thing which really gave me solace was watching Near Death Experiences (NDE’s) There’s thousands to choose from It helped me heal so much/b
Comment from : Brenda

13:03 bI had the “impersonal experience” too Like I was just shuffled from room to room passed from doctor to doctor/b
Comment from : Brenda

my mother died when I was 12 To me it was sudden and unexpected It felt like the floor fell out from under me and I was trapped in a world I was not expecting or prepared to face As an adult now I can see that there it was not sudden, and it was a long time coming If the medical profession was prepared to deal with that, she would have not died alone asphyxiating on her own vomit while she had a tracheotomy tube in They would have told us, "It's her time" with the same finality as they did for my older relatives Instead it was a shock to us all and no dignified way to go, and left us no space to prepare to mourn, but all of the guilt later on of letting someone we loved and cared for deeply suffer needlessly brOn the other hand the doctors were not afraid to say the same about me being a micro-preemie to the extent that I had a grave plot before I had a birth certificate brI think it depends, doctors are so scared of the litigious society we live in to be seen as "not doing enough" to keep a patient alive I do not agree that any doctor is scared to admit a patient will not make it, they see death frequently It is just they fear the repercussions from the loved ones I hope that more people can see that death is the most natural part of life, but suffering is not We need to let our loved ones go if there is no quality of life in keeping them alive It is a fact of life brTo anyone with a loved one, elderly, adult, child or infant in their family it can be just as hard to let go, even if we need to in order to give that person a gentle journey to their eternal rest
Comment from : Silver Poet

This woman is amazing In my experience, what most people fear during the process of dying is that they (or their loved ones) will feel pain or suffer When pain is controlled, when they are calm, when they are as “comfortable” as possible, it allows the living to be able to accept what is inevitably happening ❤
Comment from : Jessica Atterib

I have been on this journey of trying to make friends with death for the passed year or so It is inevitable for every living creature we don’t know when or how just that it will be no matter what Make friends with both life and death they both have something to offer I’ve had so much loss in my life and although the mourning never ends shaking deaths hand has become easier I hope us all good health and long beautiful lives ❤ enjoy it while it’s here and don’t let dying scare you from living 💕
Comment from : ASourceOfLight

There is a matter-of-factness in this doctor's manner that would make me feel that she is on the outside of an inside kind of experience She may (possibly) know how she would feel if her death or that of a loved one were imminent But some really essential quality is missing
Comment from : Cheri Hammer-Sullivan

If i knew my baby wasnt gonna make it for long after birth, I'd abort it
Comment from : tngirl

Thank you to the families for sharing your beautiful babies with us
Comment from : Elissa Mutumanje

Put the patient above a potential malpractice suit?brYeah, all the Drs gonna do that lol
Comment from : YeshuaMyKing

This was so hard to watch and yet so necessary The family will never be "ready", as a mother I would never be ready, I can only see a point of acceptance and strength to be able to let go, but doctors holding back because a family isn't "ready" will be waiting a lifetime
Comment from : Lady_Mockery

I LOVE when she said “do you think the reason the family is having a hard time understanding is because you can’t even say it!”
Comment from : sprousehouse100

How about humanity for the elderly ? We need love too Instead of sticking us in a nursing home, incarceration until we die, would be great to be allowed to enjoy life
Comment from : Barbara Olson

After all the work Dr Elizabeth Kubler-Ross did…Other Doctors STILL don’t get it???? How Sad 😢
Comment from : Brenda Sigsbee

In recent years I have lost all my family and friends and based on my experiences about their final days and hours I have come to worry, not about my actual moment of death but the pain suffering and indignity our delightful NHS puts its victims through
Comment from : Daisy

God forbid
Comment from : Виктория

I can honestly say I think my folks always prepared me well for loss in life We took care of my grandmother, we knew she would pass and we talked openly about death, we said goodbye to her before her condition took a turn for the worse a day before she passed, and when she did pass we talked about it Our family has plenty of health issues in it and we talk very often about things regarding the end of life, and to us, it's a part of life we know we can't avoid, so we talk about it We joke about it, we discuss how we'll miss the person but we also put our best forward because we KNOW it will happen someday and we don't want to regret how we spent our time with our loved ones when it doesbrbrThank you to the people who do this work, you're the reason that people have the time to say their goodbyes to their families
Comment from : DeLynn Murray

God bless this child and mom
Comment from : Barbara Edmondson

The best way to "humanize" death is to stop death at it's origin: people should stop breeding, for goodbrbrThat which is never born, never suffers or dies It's better to never have been This is just plain, simple, logics #AntiNatalism #BlackPill
Comment from : jcavlopes

Bit evil to recommend to someone whose 6and a half months pregnant
Comment from : chrysalism shining a light on narcissism

I genuinely don’t believe death is the worst outcome Extended suffering, torturous pain, those are far worse Far worse
Comment from : CallMeNeutrino

Moving, thought provoking, beautiful
Comment from : Gemmay2k

I would never agree to my life being shortened; I chose quantity of life at the expense of quality if both are not possible To shorten your life to decrease medical cost is NOT ok with me
Comment from : Paul Tremblay

What condition did Giovanni have?
Comment from : Lindsay

That's horrible I can't watch the rest of the video
Comment from : Linda Vezina

Beautiful A testament to humanity I love that even though its her job, the doctor isn't completely detached and still is emotional about death
Comment from : missbusanbeth

I so appreciate the medical people who take care of the dying
Comment from : Alison Scofield

Omg stop releasing your stupid balloons!
Comment from : Trenton D

A little bit of darkness in the light gives it its light
Comment from : Lennard

Yes yes yes
Comment from : Arthur Rochetti

We found out a year before my Dad passed that he had about a year to live There was no false hopes or promises that anything could change, his body couldn't go on and his heart is failing It got us prepared to the best of what we could do and a year later he was gone Fast forward to me and now I have multiple autoimmunes, one of which has types that do not survive past 55 I would rather them tell me the truth and not make it past 55 than to string me along on life support to make it to 60
Comment from : Peco Picante

It's crazy that we feel the need to humanize death when it's one of the basic components of the cycle of life, we are born, we reproduce and we die Death is as human as life is
Comment from : GSK

Rip Gio baby
Comment from : Stargazer lily

Thank you for bringing this to lightbrIrrespective of age, death hurts BUT it's an honour to share that with someone you love❤️🌞🙏
Comment from : Aussie

My son never came home from the hospital and died at 3 mos old in 1995 of a Metabolic liver disorder Looking back on it there are meds they should of given him 😔
Comment from : Haileyanna

Sobbing from the heartbreak and the beauty of humanity
Comment from : Kendal K

There Is Eternal life for those who believe in Jesus Christ as His lord And Savior We can find confort in him when facing hard times He faced death and was raised from the dead on the 3rd day, and that Is the hope we find un him that whoever believes in him Will not perish but have Eternal life GOD Bless you all
Comment from : Francine Sandino

Yes, death is a dialy part of life, and it is very hard to accept it and admit it Death should be more humane, in a safe place that, if possible, is away from a hospital With loved ones and a calm setting Its hard to say it but it should be faced more often
Comment from : Angelica Botones

Los ojos incitados de tanto llorar
Comment from : Sandra Perez

I can't imagine a more traumatizing job than working in Pediatric Palliative Care The daily grief and sadness would break my heart You have to be a certain kind of person to work in that job It's hard enough to watch elderly patients pass Tragic when those patients are children The only reward I can see anyone getting out of it, is knowing I made their exit from this world a little less painful, and supporting parents and family members during what is considered the greatest stressor a person can endure God bless the doctors, nurses, aides, therapists, and all staff that work in this field ❤
Comment from : Olivia Petrus

I knew my husband was dying, he failed a liver function test I suspect but am not sure that a doctor gave him enough morphine in the last hours of his life to speed up his death perhaps by a few hours But killing remains wrong Deliberate killing is the worse I pray often for that doctor that it was not deliberate and he has not "helped" anyone to die before or since
Comment from : poetmaggie1

Define has to be one of the hardest jobs, working with dying children everyday and seeing so much death I don’t know how anyone can do it and not let it effect them and take it home with you
Comment from : Jill A

Hmmm black population 13 … but this documentary showing all black families hmmm if this was about healthy children they’d all be white families smh 🤦🏾‍♀️ what is the point they are getting across?
Comment from : NaturalLux MinimalistHippie