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That's a toughie, to put it mildly.
The write-up didn't say that the wife witnessed the actual passing, just that they talked and held each other until the patient passed out. I would certainly want to hold the hand of my loved one until their last conscious moment. Fortunately for them, his passing out preceeded his passing on. Hopefully the EMTs could lead her away afterwards to spare her the potential violence of his death.
I'm glad she didn't bring the kids though.
But being there for your husband when he dies...that's what you do for them, if you are able to. People have witnessed death since life first started. Yes it's traumatic, but so would dying alone, I would imagine. The *least* I could do for my husband is to hold his hand while he died. Come on.
Yikes. Gettin' teary here.
This situation reminds me of that Mel Gibson movie...Signs? Similar thing happened to the main character. I was hoping it was overly dramatized and uncommon.
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