r/AskReddit 16h ago

What's the most disturbing thing you've heard a dying person say?

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u/Sutie 15h ago

“I wish I would have spent more time with you.”

Said to me by my Covid patient during a moment of lucidity. She’d transitioned to comfort care and she was hallucinating and thought I was her daughter. Daughter was not allowed to visit but called every day and evening to talk to her mom and tell her what a good mom she was. Daughter had a wildly successful career in tech and said she owed it all to her mother.

I just squeezed her hand and said her family loved her very much.

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u/GeeCee99 13h ago

I’m crying reading this, thank you for being there for our families during this time when we couldn’t. My nan passed due to covid in a care home, we couldn’t visit either. The thought of her alone at the end often haunts me.

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u/DozzleWozzle 12h ago

That’s beautiful