Doctors, What's The Saddest Death You've Have Experienced At The Hospital?

[@Darwinsmom]

A three year old girl was dying of cancer of the liver at our regional children's hospital. When she was not feeling well she loved to twirl her fingers through her long blonde hair to self-comfort. The night she died, her parents sat on either side of her, broke a comb into two pieces, and each tenderly combed her hair. She had IVs in the crook of each elbow so she couldn't self-soothe. Her breathing settled into a more relaxed rythym as her hair was being combed lovingly. Considering the brevity of her illness (2-1/2 weeks altogether), her passing was a very soft and gentle experience. That child was my daughter, and her father and I were the ones who combed her hair that night. It's been 39 years since that awful night, and I can still recall every moment of her final day.

[@deborahshallin5843]

I understand and am so grateful for you sharing with us youtubbers your never ending suffering. Even when I was in nursing school I couldn’t handle children suffering from a diagnosis of cancer. I could not even handle my own. I, too suffer from the unbearable loss of two of my child’s classmates even today after 20 + years. One of who I helped raise. I wish that piece be with you.

[@josetteandres]

My aunt and uncle went through the same thing last year. My cousin was just over a month away from her second birthday when she died under sedation from a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer she'd been fighting for a year and a half. Meanwhile I was working on an island, but knew the end was near. Didn't get to say goodbye. Tearing up while typing this. :,(

[@Richieblueeyez88]

Bless u both I'm sorry u lost her she was so comfortable when she passed because u comed her hair

[@polarbearsaysyummy5845]

Bless all three of you.

[@rxbiluhvrp]

I am so sorry, hope she’s in a good place now.

[@isabelleribeiro3248]

Mine was an premature baby that was with us for about two months. On top of being premature he had some heart congenital problems and overcome a lot. The night he died we called his parents who where the sweetest couple ever. The moment they entered the NICU they knew and started to cry. They completely feel apart. Still they found in them to hug each and every one of us and thank us for taking care of him. Every time we loose a baby is heart breaking but that day really stuck with me.

[@danam8742]

I hated working as a NICU RN.... even the victories seem tainted with sadness. The next worse was the poison center..... someone put lindane in a soda bottle in a barn. A small girl thought it was soda. I've gotten down right ugly about people keeping stuff in the correct bottles and meds in the correct bottles.

[@destree6348]

I was a NICU nurse for 8 years. You are amazing 😉

[@soxpeewee]

Was there any chance of life?

[@NailHeavenAshford]

He died so I very much doubt it. When someone dies there’s usually no chance. They’ve died haven’t they. Hospitals generally don’t let someone who has a chance due unless their body can’t be kept alive or they are brain dead.

[@haleyzorn8745]

“If it ever gets easy you need to f’ing quit”. I was also told this by an extremely senior vet tech back when I was teching. We had to put a cat down that I had grown attached to (frequent flier due to diabetes, but he had recently gotten sick with what the veterinarian thought was either FIP or lymphoma, both of which were bad news and ultimately fatal at his age) and I was a wreck. After the procedure I had voiced my frustration about losing it every time we had a euth and that I had been trying to desensitize myself so I could do what needed to be done. Senior tech said the moment euths became easy was the day I needed to leave the field and that it was entirely okay to be upset. That’s stuck with me for quite some time.

[@xHTxRaptorF22]

I work for the local humane society. I'm also in the process of becoming a CET and LVT. Our current LVT told me in front of our head Vet "the day you don't feel like breaking down after this, is the day you need to put the needle in your own arm instead"

[@dylanmachette6618]

The asthma attack one got me. I’ve had pretty aggressive asthma my whole life and even almost died due to respiratory complications as an infant. I’ve had a couple of memorable attacks and the only way to describe it is someone choking you and sitting on your chests and there’s absolutely Nothing you can do about it except trying the inhaler. It’s a scary feeling and the only thoughts that are going through your head are *get air* but you just can’t.

[@londonm3161]

that little tingly punch in the chest feeling when your airway closes completely is one of the scariest things I've ever been through in my life, and I've been through A LOT. my biggest fear is that I'll have an asthma attack and just die one day and leave my husband and family behind

[@availanila]

And drowning you at the same time.

[@rochellethundercloud346]

can relate.i,too,have life threatening asthma.attacks are in fact quite painful and scary.i had a severe asthma attack when I was almost 9 months pregnant with my now 7year old.loads of fun

[@HolyGoddessMotherAnne]

I once sat on someone's chest long ago as le epic troll but now I'm older now I realise how dangerous that could have been, I hate younger jerk me.

[@bobblebardsley]

I mostly grew out of my asthma, I just have some allergies leftover, but the feeling of waking up in the middle of the night wheezing and unable to talk, and trying to make it to my sleeping parents before I stopped breathing completely, is not one I expect I'll ever forget. I had an inhaler but at that point there's not a lot else you can do but breathe harder than you've ever breathed in your life, for less air than you've ever experienced. Basically exactly what Dylan said, but yeah I can relate.

[@jasmineconstantine6814]

Ive never properly hugged my father because he dived in a river too shallow and became a quad 2 weeks after I was born. I often have dreams of him getting some sort of medical treatment or leg brace which allows him to walk and we get to hug for real for the first time ever. I always wake up crying very hard. Ive only rarely visited him growing up, but when he came to live with us a few years ago I had so much whiplash because of how much we are alike. In the nature vs nurture argument, Nature sure as hell won this time; its like looking in a mirror but gender-swapped. I love my dad.

[@false8260]

This isn’t on the same line as your experience but I lost my mother from stage 4 breast cancer when I was 3 so I only have 2 memories of her the rest are just pictures and stories so I get not having experiences like hugging your mother and other stuff and I’m just trying to talk about my experience with something like this so sorry if this was annoying

[@ibelieveingaming3562]

Nature vs Behavioral Conditioning

[@labibahassan5603]

I hope you visit him more

[@chloecook4511]

@@labibahassan5603 she said that he came to live with her so I guess she does see him often.

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

@@false8260 I know the feeling… I have two memories of my paternal grandfather, and one of my paternal grandmother. *Brace for a massive curveball/gut-punch, I’m warning you.* Still here? Okay. So. Memory 1 of grandpa: He gave awesome bear hugs. Memory 2 of grandpa + Memory 1 of grandma: The car crash that I survived and they didn’t, when I was about 4.5 years old. Thankfully… my brain decided to repress it, instead of getting severe PTSD from it (which I narrowly escaped based on my parents’ accounts)

[@henrikhyrup3995]

I have a Mexican friend whose mother is a doctor, and easily the most gruesome she has experienced was when strangers would find newborn babies in the desert or other desolate places. Young girls getting pregnant and so ashamed that the family must not know, so after they give birth (usually completely alone) they drive into the desert and dump the child.

[@mhs90]

Internal Med doctor here: Had a 40ish yo woman who I admitted to cardiac unit for cardiac arrest and intubation. No previous cardiac issues or any risk factors, and blood work didn’t explain why she had the arrest. A year ago her daughter died from just slipping on ice, cracking her skull and bled without any witnesses. Turns out this woman died of Takutsubo cardiomyopathy which is basically “Broken Heart Syndrome”. She must’ve been in unbearable emotional pain for that one year.

[@lordstarscream5136]

Mhs90 I’m so sorry, whoever was closest besides the mother is responsible for manslaughter of a child

[@danam8742]

When they say you are so sad that "your heart hurts," they mean it. A broken heart can actually change how your heart beats. Do not ignore this. I've suffered it twice... I've also had 3 unrelated heart attacks. They feel similar. Its believed Debby Reynolds suffered from. Also when elderly couples die within months of each other... Mine was after my mother was murdered, then years later I lost my sister, father and son (age 8) within 9 months. If not for a great Dr, pretty sure I'd be 6 feet under too.

[@svenmorgenstern9506]

About a year after my mom passed away, my brother went into an unexplained cardiac arrest. Near as we can figure this was the cause of his death. 💔 Incidentally, it's a treatable condition if caught early enough. If you're going through a rough patch & experiencing chest pains, call emergency services; we can help. Source: I'm a nurse.

[@leighgiroux7339]

Had a patient that had been in the hospital for 17 days, declining noticably daily. Her daughter was there & refused to sign a DNR, so we had to watch them continually perform some pretty serious treatments on this poor woman (she was in her 70s, daughter in her 50s) The last 2-3 days she was absolutely delirious, talking nonsense, hallucinating, loss of muscle control, etc. Daughter signs the DNR & she dies within an hour of the last time I'm in her room. Gave the daughter a big hug & we cried together before she left. Not my first, not my last, but definitely memorable.

[@renaysari6631]

The worst ones are the little kids, and young people. I can take older people passing, but man when it is a young person with some much life left; it is heart wrenching.

[@auronhennessy2755]

The smallest caskets make the biggest impacts.

[@KaiyaCorrbin]

They mentioned it a couple of times....and in case you are wondering, DIC is short for Dissociated Intravascular Coagulation. It occurs when your blood starts clotting in your veins, which uses up all the things that help you clot and causes you to also bleed profusely from every blood vessel....it is very similar (if not the same thing) that happens when people with bacterial meningitis lose their limbs because of the blood flow being stopped to the peripheral areas from blood clotting from the bacterial toxins in the blood. I've never experienced it, but it's bleeding and clotting at the same time...and I've heard it is pretty terrible. We take signs of it very seriously in the lab.

[@jmbushay836]

Thank you! I was completely unaware of what on earth DIC was!

[@madelinegarber7860]

Dom’t some snake venoms cause this?

[@KaiyaCorrbin]

@@madelinegarber7860 There are, yes. Some of the more deadly ones, if I remember correctly.

[@stellarstarrs3219]

I worked in a nursing home for awhile. The hardest death for me was a man who came in on hospice care. He looked exactly like my grandpa who had passed a year prior due to colon cancer. This man was so ill, he couldn't speak properly. He'd call us because he needed something, but was unable to communicate what he needed. He couldn't take it. He repeatedly ripped his catheter out, and would frequently just scream "kill me". It was heart breaking on its own, but I saw my grandpa in him. Imagine seeing your grandpa, sick and dying, begging to be killed. He passed a few weeks after being admitted. I was glad that he was no longer suffering, but god, it really messed me up. I saw a lot of things in that nursing home, but that was by far the worst

[@SI-ln6tc]

In Canada there's assisted death for those with terminal illness. Forget the exact term.

[@blitzpsycho1560]

Listening to these kinds of stories makes me glad that my father was on Hospice care in his final months. He had been diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer almost 8 years before his death, and had been in remission twice, but the third time that cancer reared up it was impossible to do much more than slow it down. He was unable to speak more than a few words at a time in his final days, and passed on his own, silently, and I can only hope it was peaceful. We said our goodbyes a few weeks before his death, when he was still able to speak, but I was just glad he got to spend his days at home like he wanted. It was a slow, creeping death, one that I wouldn't wish on anyone, and I always knew he hung on because he wanted to be there for us, even when he was barely able to stay awake for more than an hour at a time. That man cared for his family in a way I can only hope to be able to live up to, and even now two years later I still miss him horribly when he comes to mind. I'm always grateful to him for all he did, and I feel for the people who lose others to cancer suddenly, because I know the kinds of emotions people can go through when cancer is on the table. If anyone even reads this, call your family to say hi to them, especially parents and grandparents. I got to spend many years with my father, and I'm glad I got as much time as I did, but you never know what day might be the last you get to talk to the family you care about. Spend time with your family while you're still healthy and able bodied, and treasure those good times you get to have with them. It will still hurt to lose people close to you, but you can still smile remembering the good times you got to spend with them

[@denisecabral4941]

I was in a rather poorly run skilled nursing facility for my med-surg 1 clinical (so bad that halfway through the term, JCAHO shut them down). One day, I was getting something from a supply closet for the nurse that I was shadowing when I saw one of the residents walking through the hallway, inconsolably crying. A couple of classmates and I asked him what was wrong, and he led us to the room of a friend of his. She was cold, clearly she had been dead for a couple of hours. It blew my mind how no one except for him and one other friend of theirs knew. It tore me up just how no one knew until we got there. I'm glad that place is shut down because no one should ever have to be treated the way those people were treated.

[@tophatinc.6999]

My grandpa died infront of my of a heart attack and I was 5. My parents taught me the basics about CPR but he almost made it ( he was taking care of me when my parent were at the store) but his last words were " be safe and don't do anything you will regret" then he died... I'm 11 now...

[@Richieblueeyez88]

Bless your young precious little ♥ he loves u very much Blessed be TOP Hat

[@teelesynclair5902]

Same, I watched paramedics work on him, he was helping raise me, I was 5 too. Really traumatised me, I hope you're doing better 💖

[@King.GG215]

F*cking metal.

[@cheergiver]

I was a respiratory therapist/pulmonary tech, and one of my patients had severe COPD from asbestos in the Navy. One day I get paged to the ER, his wife, a nurse, had a heart attack and was brought to our hospital. Her husband gave her CPR until the ambulance arrived. He stood there crying, saying he thought he’d be the first to go, while we did our best to revive her without any luck. That was a really sad day.

[@hash_slinging_slasher7765]

im no doctor or nurse by any means, but the worse one i remember was my good friend his mom had breast cancer they found out on my friends birthday, his mom was able to beat it first time but sadly it come back ironically on his birthday again 2 years later this time it was terminal she lived roughly another 6 months. the really sad part is his dad that once held a high level positon quit and became a raging alcoholic and eventually commited suicide just before my friends 19th birthday. after losing all that he finally snapped and secluded himself even to me, even after me droping food of at his house, helping him with clothes anything he needed, i finally stopped by his house one day and a note was left on his door addressed to me pretty much he had left town. it's not like he didnt have family he could have turned and asked for help from, actually came from a fairly large family. we were both 19 at the time and im 24 now and i havnt seen him in 5 years, his remaining family didnt really see a issue with him leaving, so a case was never persued. i still wonder and think about him all the time after not seeing or speaking to him in 5yrs. i sincerly hope your alright cody.

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

Sometimes it just takes a change in scenery to begin to crawl out of that level of depression. Surrounded by everything that reminds him of his parents and the pain can just be too much... SO a move to a new city, new spaces, new friends... a chance to get out and build a new family of his own, rather than dwell on the agony of losing the family and life he had was arguably one of the best choices he could make. He's probably doing okay... all things considered. ;o)

[@gillchatfield3231]

This should be sent to everyone, especially politicians, who don't think universal health care should be free at the point of use in the USA. I'm British and have reason to thank the NHS on several occasions.

[@wewantfun3322]

This won't really change many opinions.

[@jacksonsniff3624]

We Want Fun unfortunately, that is probably true.

[@wewantfun3322]

@@jacksonsniff3624 Show it to a hardcore conservative and see if they give a shit.

[@MrDevil-jb1fl]

@Gill Chatfield Americans have a strong need to be independent of the government. That’s why we don’t want free healthcare. Also taxes...We really only recognize the government as a means of keeping general order so we don’t eat each other. Otherwise we prefer to do our own thing. I live in California and I do support free healthcare. However when I traveled just to Nevada or Oregon, views change drastically.

[@samswoman2009]

We have very generous medicaid guidelines in my state. My 21 year old is a type 1 diabetic and my 17 year old son had Lyme disease. I'm convinced that they both would have died without our health coverage.

[@Tsitak420]

My dad did palliative care( similar to hospice in Canada) and he had a nurse who was off for 5 days, and when she came back she found out he was in palliative care and came to see him. She said her goodbyes and looked so sad. It meant a lot to us to know he was more than just a patient, and I felt very comforted by the staff.

[@zoesherwin]

**NOT A DOCTOR** My cousin is a nurse and she sees countless people that die from treatable things just because their families refused to take them to get treatment (older people and young children)

[@KaileyB616]

Yeah and medical error is one of the top 3 causes of death in America, so you win some you lose some

[@gabriellebraswell6169]

I heard the death rattle once I never want to hear it again

[@Lili-ey1nd]

Gabrielle braswell whats that

[@rainbowkermit4943]

@Party city Pimp suit its when someone takes their last breaths

[@toryknotts8026]

Yeah,heard it once from our 18 year old cat. Poor guy had a stroke and was paralyzed, by the time we found him it was at 9pm, mom and I put him on the bed with us, only for him to wake us up at 3am with the death rattle.

[@zombduck72]

It's close to a crackling type of wheeze. You can hear it more often when they're getting close.. it never leaves you. I was 8mo pregnant with my toddler now when my grandpa died holding my hand at home. Throughout the night my mom and I kept hearing it randomly and we knew he wasn't going to make it through the night....

[@toryknotts8026]

@@zombduck72 you are right the sound never leaves you.

[@camillepepin8512]

19:20 I was so sure the story was something along the lines of : Husband is there 24/7 then nurse convince him to go home to get a good night sleep for once and it’s on that specific night that the wife would die. But nope. It’s the husband that died at home.

[@Dualbladedscorpion7737]

Plot twist right there.

[@kittysakuraba1656]

This reminded me of what happened to my dad and made him stop his medical career. One of the ones that stuck with him was when a kid came into the emergency room (I think from a severe car accident) and the doctors realized it wouldn’t matter what they did the kid wouldn’t survive so they ripped the trauma compression pants off of him. The kid died and my dad broke down crying because he had a couple kids at hombre about that age at the time. He quit shortly afterwards because he couldn’t take it. Or I think that’s how my mom tells the story.

[@MsSilentsiren]

20:22 that hit me hard because I went into anaphylaxis on Feb 1st and that's EXACTLY what I was doing and pleading with the medics until I passed out.

[@barbaraharris7602]

I never,every leave my family without telling them I love them and to be careful. My family has done this all my life, all their lives. I never remember leaving a family party without knowing I was loved and cared for. Please remember that you are not promised even another hour. The grief is not lessened but you know and they know that you are both loved and cherished. Did I mention hugs too. There were always hugs too. All my great aunts and uncles, my parents, aunts and uncles are gone and I miss them so, but we all knew we were loved.

[@josetteandres]

Not a doctor, but a family member of the deceased. I was away on Mackinac Island for work last year, one morning I woke up with a terrible headache on the left hemisphere of my brain. It was so bad I thought about calling in sick and taking the day off, but since I was driven by the thought of money and not wanting to seem like a wimp over a headache, I made myself go to work. Hours later, I was scrolling through facebook when I saw a post that said my terminally ill baby cousin had died that morning (she had brain cancer). I cried several times over the rest of my shift. I love you Kiaya, you didn't deserve to spend your short time on earth being sedated, constantly cut open then sewn back together, throwing up after chemo, never learning to walk or talk, being poked with needles, or spending weeks at a time in the hospital while doctors tested experimental treatments/drugs on you. Your death wasn't something you deserved. I just want to hold you and give you kisses, and I'll never forget when we first met a week after you were born. I let you sleep while I cradled you in my arms. RIP.

[@furrymessiah]

I can watch reddit videos about conspiracies, aliens, serial killers and murders, and not even bat an eyelash. But this one breaks me and I'm only six minutes in.

[@danam8742]

I'm much the same... even after 30+ years as a nurse. I still cry when I see abuse, sickness ravage a family, unnecessary accidents.... Never be ashamed of a tender heart, it's the best part in all of us.

[@stupidweeb3255]

Whoever's cutting invisible onions in front of me pls stop

[@1127snowbunny1127]

It's those invisible ninjas.

[@jeffymourdian2311]

Sorry I’m the one cutting them ✌️sorry not sorry!

[@coffecrazy]

Sorry just hungry

[@DasAfroLP]

I am not a doctor but reading/listening I remembered a story that happened in a local swimming pool. There was a family searching for someone or something. I was around 7 and didn't even realise. While swimmung in the pool with my sister I saw something under water. Turns out it was the son of the (now panicky searching) mother. I called for my dad and he leaped into the water, throw the boy over his shoulder and walked out of the water. When the mother saw this... I don't know if it was just my childhood me or if it really was like it seemed but... she screamed like a literal animal in full pain. I can see her to this day suddenly running like hell to the other side of the pool (where my dad was with the not breathing boy) and breaking down when emergency arrived. He could be reanimated but died soon after in the hospital due to all the water in his lungs. Not only the mother scream but the whole situation was so absurd that I asked my father years after that if it has been real. He confirmed it and we sat there in silence for a moment. It's strange how you as a child see those things happen. From something big like yourself in the water to a leaping dad and a screaming mother up to the point you're in full disbelief. I will never forget that whole situation and how sad it makes me even today.

[@Absaalookemensch]

After several medical humanitarian missions, working ICU, Trauma and Life Flight, I couldn't cry again for years. Nightmares are the worst, the eyes stare at you, haunting your sleep.

[@jessess6810]

I’m terrified of dying alone - both romantically and in-person on the day I die

[@riptideblueice1andonly]

But we all die alone

[@viirinsoftworks1304]

@@riptideblueice1andonly Exactly. Even when we have people (I don't), who are there with you, your experience is still singular.

[@QueenSunstar]

Paramedic here. I was visiting my Godson who was in the NICU due to being born early, 32 weeks. He didn’t have any issues health wise. I had stepped out of the NICU for a meal break when I heard the wail of a mother who had lost her child. The child as I later learned, died of measles. Mom was an antivaxer, whom now understood why vaccines are important. The nurse she was with told her to her face that it was her antivax stance that killed her child. That moms screams afterwards were chilling, especially after she realized the nurse was right. Another case that got to me was that of a 15 year old girl. Her boyfriend broke up with her. She took a bunch of Tylenol to kill herself. It failed. She thought she was fine. Two days later I brought her to the ER. Her liver was shot and there was nothing we could do to save her. The girl’s eyes went wide. Her parents started yelling at us to save her, but we couldn’t. The damage was already done. All we could do was make her comfortable until the end. It took her three days to die. The girl cried a lot as she realized she wouldn’t get to graduate, get married, have kids, go to college, or follow any dreams she had. I know her parents both researched fruitlessly for a way to save her. I know you’ll ask, but it was far too late to pump her stomach or give her charcoal.

[@danam8742]

Poison center RN here. I still say tylenol shouldnt be over the counter. People seem to assume its somehow safe because it's so readily available. Just 10 extra strength a day maximum dose. Aspirin isnt much better.... it can really mess your gut up by clumping together into a ball (bezor) and slowly desolving. Our center had a 15y/o boy have the same tylenol experience. He turned so jaundiced he was almost orange. Liver transplant wasnt an option after bile levels get too high. He lingered about a week.... lots of tears but comfort measures only. Sad.

[@KaileyB616]

Oh really? A newborn preemie died because they didn't get a measles vaccine while they were still in the hospital, because they were born premature? Riiiiiight. Babies don't even receive their first measles vaccine (MMR) until they're 12 months old. Stop lying.

[@QueenSunstar]

@@KaileyB616 ‘STEPPED OUT OF THE NICU FOR A MEAL BREAK’ There. Made it bigger and easier to read.

[@beastmaster0934]

It’s a shame the newborn had to die for their mother to realize her mistakes.

[@j_g9109]

12:08 I can’t imagine the husband’s pain, but that doctor did the right thing.

[@chrissymoss514]

A very poignant time for this to be uploaded. To all of you, out there, in the medical, nursing and caring profession - *THANK YOU*!

[@ZoeThomson00]

Why did I do this to myself? Obviously nothing compared to the people these stories affected but all of these ripped my heart to shreds and I don't think I could possibly cry any more.

[@viliabone1952]

I can't imagine going through the grief of a loved one dying and then, the real tragedy, HAVING TO PAY FOR HOSPTALISATION ETC. No way would i ever live in a country that expects you to pay for medical treatment in a hospital, just ridiculous!

[@pcdeltalink036]

Was working Blood Bank in our hospital lab one night. Had a police officer come in with I believe 3 gunshots to the chest. I ran so many units down to ER. We never got a blood type from him, so all I could give him was O negative blood. I'll never forget, after running 12 units of blood down to them over an hour or so, my last trip where I had to tell them "I've only got 4 units of O neg left." I was probably a bit in shock as I honestly didn't know what I was supposed to do at that point. Never had I felt so powerless to help a patient. He ended up being transferred to another hospital and died there.

[@setokaiba1389]

No one cares buddy boy!!!

[@avrenim888]

I’m sobbing bc the girl who wanted to be an artist passing and I’m listening to while drawing and am also wanting to be an artist and she couldn’t be bc her life was cut short life is so unfair

[@Katie_is_a_nerd]

When I was about 14, one week after Easter Sunday, we went to vist my grandma at the nursing home she was at. She was fine at first. After my mom got done helping her eat her lunch, my grandma started having trouble breathing. She then begin to say her chest was hurting. The nurse put her on oxygen. They then called 911. While my mom was holding my grandmother's hand I was in the corner whispering under my breath I love you grandma, over and over again. The ambulance came and took her into the hospital. In the ambulance she coded and they started cpr. The doctor came to talk to me and my mother a couple minutes after we got to the hospital. They basically told her that my grandmother would have no quality of life if they resuscitated her, so my mom being power of attorney, decided it would be best to let her go. They stopped CPR and I we went back to see her body. I will never forget how she died with fear in her eyes. A week later we had her funeral. I couldn't cry because I had to be there for my mom. It has been about 5 years now. Her funeral was yesterday 5 years ago.

[@Griffin050A1t]

*sobbing* “..don’t...cry...don’t...cry...don’t...cry...” *crying*

[@YaiunicUP]

About halfway in and no **murdered** infants soo that's good. Too bad real life couldn't do me the same justice.

[@daltonpinell6251]

I'll never understand why so many good natured people are subjected to such a painful and miserable end :(

[@SI-ln6tc]

It will happen to most people.

[@keels829]

The one with the 50yo man with his daughter, and he had a pulmonary embolism and died of a heart attack... That one was a little too real for me. My dad was about that age when he went to the ER with blood clots throughout his lungs, and he also had COVID but we didn't know that at the time (I tested negative afterwards). I went with him to the hospital (a friend drove us but wasn't allowed inside the hospital as a visitor bc of COVID-- I was allowed as a visitor since I'm immediate family; our friend also tested negative for COVID afterwards). He survived and is much healthier now, but I'm extremely close to him and the thought of losing him makes me want to cry. I feel like that girl could have been me if my dad hadn't survived. Idk, it just hit me harder than most stories I hear on these type of videos.

[@urielc918]

That first one, tho

[@matthewsmith4647]

It pissed me off more than hurt. The dad with grade age school kids made me break.

[@NorikoSurge]

I found my neighbor dead. He was a sweet old man, but had a little too much to drink. This was during the winter. He slipped on the ice and knocked himself out and froze to death. All I could do was laugh as I was in complete shock. I happened to see it before the police covered up his body That look of fear is something I'll never forget.

[@rochellethundercloud346]

not a doctor.a friend of mine lost his wife to a burst etopic pregnancy.she had severe abdominal pains.hospitals,doctors,urgent care all said it's normal.he takes her to yet another hospital,she cannot stand up.fetal position,vomiting,chills,sweat,they make her wait.she screams in agony.before they got her on the exam table,her,I guess,fallopian tubes exploded and she bled out in like a minute or two

[@polarbearsaysyummy5845]

Young lady, who had given birth two weeks earlier. Suffered a compound leg fracture in a motorcycle accident. Bled out because the Paramedic didn't apply a tourniquet.

[@ianmoseley9910]

Couple of miles down the road from me is the Richard House Children's Hospice. I cannot imagine how the staff cope there.

[@matthewsmith4647]

Jokingly : much alcohol. Seriously : they are God's and Goddesses.

[@MacaroniNCheese]

The stories are heartbreaking

[@AnonymousTranquility]

A good few of these stories brought me to tears.

[@chloecook4511]

I recall 2 patients that really affected me. Both were quadraplegic. The first was 19 years old on his honeymoon when he was involved in an auto accident. His new wife left him while he was still on the medical unit (I worked on the rehab unit). He was a happy guy despite his circumstances, sweet, sweet guy. The other guy was 17 and broke his neck in a diving accident. His parents were both professors at the local (big) university and his older sister was a PhD candidate. The patient was not intellectually inclined but he could take any thing apart and put it back together, fixing anything that might be wrong with it. He was very good looking and popular with both the girls and guys in his class. After the accident he had no fine finger movement so taking things apart was no longer an option. Still I never saw him depressed. After their discharges I never saw either of them because I transferred to another unit so I don't know how they fared after discharge. This was about 55 years ago and treatment has improved greatly but once the cord is severed, there is not much medical intervention can do.

[@cheryllbetxdx25]

This is actually quite depressing to watch, ngl. Still good video, keep it up

[@lehrling]

definitely lol

[@clumpofdirt1193]

I was in the er (for psych) during the shot child. There were so many doctors and nurses rushing around, and i changed sitters like 3 times once the girl died. It was so sad for everyone on the unit.

[@gracekralik6058]

im not a doctor and this experience is about an animal but it still hurt all the same. last year in october, i had gone downstairs leaving my dog in my sisters room alone (which i did all the time). i had had some chips earlier and she managed to get the bag off the bed and her head in the bag. i walked in the room and thought it was funny cause she got the bag stuck on your head like you sometimes see in videos. i tried to move her so she could come up on the bed but she didnt move. she had pooped on the floor and so i kinda got mad at her like come on man you couldve asked to go outside. when she didnt move i picked her up and realized she was dead. im crying again remembering it. i screamed for my brother and hearing his screams after he realized she was dead was something i will never forget. he took her to the vet immediately but it was too late. going back to the vet and holding your dogs cold body is one of the worst things to experience. and she was only a year and a half old. and we had just gotten a new puppy a few weeks before so i had told everyone at school oh we now have three dogs and then i had to tell them i actually had two now. im gonna finish this and go watch a funny movie because i am basically crying uncontrollably right now. if i learned something from this, dont leave plastic bags on the floor/where dogs or babies can get to it. you always hear about watching for babies and bags but never about dogs. throw them away, leave them up off the ground, just dont leave the bags near where someone can get their head stuck in it.

[@jeffmccrea9347]

A friend of ours from church, her father, in his 70's, was out chopping firewood one day. In the afternoon, he didn't come back so they went looking for him. When they found him, a tree had torqued and caught him by surprise as he walked away as it was falling. It hit him in the back of the head and drove it into the ground. This Earth is a lesser place without him.

[@AlucardPeach]

Don't ever let doctors tell you that you or your loved one is never leaving the hospital. It's called the right to refuse treatment. You can go home to die, you don't have to die in that cold, sterile hospital.

[@SI-ln6tc]

Depends. Hospitals have pain meds. And if your bleeding to death you don't want your guts everywhere.

[@justbrowsing9706]

@@SI-ln6tc agreed. Dying is painful, unbeknownst to most. Both my grandparents went to hospice to pass, solely for that reason. My grandfather from a stroke, my grandmother from lung cancer. I will never forget watching her writhe in pain, moaning in agony even though she was not conscious in her body anymore. Serious sh*t.

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

Not a doctor, but once in late 2000s, as a kid in school, a 20 year old guy once came to my class to ask for donation. He had leukemia. Unfortunately I didn't have any money to give him. When I went to church the next week, I found out he died and he had his funeral service done.

[@AngrySeagullBoi]

It’s extremely sad how once you get old sometimes it not the outside stuff that going to kill you, it’s your body that want to end you sometimes Sometimes in the worst ways😥

[@ZeoViolet]

How do you just cardiac arrest from a colon cancer removal surgery, when you are about to go home? Embolism?

[@JordanWilliams-ix2td]

When I was 18/19 I worked for an answering service. on Call Doctors calls went straight to their answering service. So I had to call the Doctor, tell them what's wrong, connect the call then I'm out lol One night This lady called to tell the doctor her mom just died. I FROZE! My soul left my body. I started stumbling over my words, i did not know what to say. I was like "umm o.k..yea. ughhhh I'm so sorry ma'am. Ummm, hold on please I will call the doctor". It's like i forgot how to do my job. In that moment If you would've asked me what my name was I would've been like "Huh..umm idk" lol it was so sad. That shit caught me off guard. My vibe was fucked up for the rest of the night. I don't see how doctors do it bro, they really are hero's.

[@totallyawesomesteph]

Geez. I don't think even puppy videos can make this better xAx

[@kaibaiarrio1299]

Idk if i qualify for this but technically my mom died 3 different times in the hospital (heart stopped beating) due to severe pneumonia and drug addiction. Its only been some months since shes been out of the hospital but shes still the same person i knew her as, but this time healthier. Despite how severe her condition was, and the fact that she technically died more than once, she made a full recovery within the span of ~3-4 months, we all joke that its because shes so god damn stubborn that she REFUSED to go lmao. Im so glad shes still here today and able to live her life clean from addiction

[@UberTsar]

I wasn't watching, just listening and then I heard the term "She was bleeding from Progressive Dick." (about 12 minutes in). Spat out my drink until I went and looked it up. Hospital worker here but not learned the term Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation before. All the best to my fellow hospital workers.

[@UberTsar]

Also I wanted to add later on that person who says if it ever becomes easy you should quit is right. There's a balance between financial reward and emotional reward.

[@vermontvampyre]

Here is the comment I was looking for...

[@katy4714]

8:21 I'm enraged over how our government treats vets as well. It's maddening!

[@phantomsamurai4400]

If I ever get to the point where I can't do anything for myself I plan to end it I don't want to be a burden on nobody else

[@lazymogo558]

This just makes me hates America. The amount of insurance you hear in this video is depressing

[@beastmaster0934]

2:45 Imagine being told that your son, the boy you gave birth to, and raised to adulthood, and who gave you two wonderful granddaughters, is dying.

[@michellezavala1355]

My heart 💔 hurts 🤕. I hope everyone is doing well today. Happy Tuesday everyone.

[@celeste.cutz2020]

Can’t get a vet IV nutrition so he could eat f that. That pisses me off to no end that he starved to death it’s really sick get these people what they need for heavens sake.

[@chrissymoss514]

I will never understand how clinicians can deny health care on the basis of insurance. The poor vet needed nutrition for goodness sake! Just get a line in and nourish him. I'm in the UK and every single person receives free healthcare. Yes, there's a waiting list with some procedures but any wait is not based on health insurance anomalies.

[@celeste.cutz2020]

Chrissy Moss in the US we praise our service men and women then we just turn out backs on vets that r sick and need healthcare. It really is disgraceful. I think we are finally getting the point to pay more in taxes to have free healthcare for everyone. I have to admit I was against it at first bc it was new and I didn’t know how it could work here. I understand now that it is important for universal healthcare.

[@kellyhanson140]

i couldn't listen to any more after the lady with the 6 month old son. I sobbed while listening to that story and decided it was time for bed

[@jimmea6317]

saw the first one and had had enough. seriously that one is hellish

[@viatue898]

was alr crying n clicked ona wrong video ended up finishing the first story before checking the title. good choices.

[@mikeyc2679]

Praying for all of you 🙏

[@kelsblu]

💔❤️‍🩹 Jesus! Heartbreaking, didn't make it pass the 1st story. RIP Little one 🕊

[@madelinegarber7860]

That 24 year old who died after a race hit home. I just turned 26 and an a fairly avid runner. To my knowledge I don’t have any unknown cardiac conditions, but this would be an awful way to find out.

[@potato4143]

i need a hug

[@danam8742]

Hugs..... pass the tissues though.... more hugs

[@patriciacramer4366]

Potato sending you a hug

[@atricewarner5705]

Sending you a virtual hug. 🤗

[@chrismunoz5791]

My mother had to pull the plug after my father came to the hospital for the last time because he was dying of liver cancer three years ago. I didn't have any chance in the world to say goodbye to him. He was my rock and security blanket in a harsh world. Now that he's gone, I'm very helpless and hurting.

[@Alucardxthor]

In 2018, my bestfriend passed away at age 17 due to an Fentnyl overdose that Day I learned that everyday could be your last, live it like your last and hug your loved ones and friends, It breaks my heart we were gonna die together as old men now I won’t be able to see him grow up graduate, have a job, have a family, or get married I was suppose to die first before him.. God bless you Kevin, Till we meet again. Fuck Heroin.

[@lillanchristansin7797]

After watching this, my mom asked why I was crying

[@Maustiffany]

GD, be ready to drop a few tears on this one. Wow 😢

[@amberkat8147]

Part of me wonders why I watched this, as I am neither a masochist nor a sadist. But this didn't exactly hurt- just made my chest feel slightly tight and brought tears to my eyes by the end. Part of me wonders if I missed my calling. And part of me wonders if I ever could have handled it, because I essentially become an anxiety-ridden suicidal wreck under any chronic stress. But somehow this kind of thing doesn't hit the same, not like my constant hypervigilance, advanced startle reflex, etc. Instead of being scared of others I worry about what's best for them, and somehow that actually helps with my own anxiety. So I am unsure if I should have gone into medicine. I remember that the job screening thing I did suggested I become an ICU nurse or a judge, those are the only two options I remember. I'm still not sure what that says about me. But perhaps I would have made a good ICU nurse. My Dad recently said he wonders if I should have gone into medical school, because I can often guess the correct diagnosis quickly- I've done it many times when hearing or seeing stories of people's medical issues- and I have a good memory for medical stuff. I guess it's too late now. I can only wonder if I could have remained sane and been useful, and what that would feel like. And for some reason as much as I panic from fairly normal stuff like sudden loud sounds, in a real emergency I somehow stay calm and rational, it doesn't make sense how it can work that way but it does.

[@lisachiappetti6092]

This is 2 years old, but it's never too late. I know medical school is a long process, but with how good you are, you could probably finish faster than normal if that's how medical school works. Anyway, if you feel like that's your calling in life, you should do it! I believe in you!

[@animelover-tw2xl]

Moral of the story is life is extremely short and everyone should be living every single second, minute, hour, and day like it's your last day with you or your family, friends, and loved ones cuz life is precious cuz I have a grandpa that's basically a dad to me cuz my birth father and my sister's birth father (long story) anyways he's raised us both and he's 70 some years old and a Vietnam war veteran and he's been through quite a lot like aside from the Vietnam War before covid-19 hit he was in the hospital for almost a whole month for having a colostomy been done to him and years later to 2022 he's still alive and me, my mother, sister and my grandma would die if something happened to him and the same thing goes for my grandma and we cherish each other very much especially for me,my mother, and my sister cuz we know that my grandparents could die at anytime so to anyone that sees this please for the love of God and all that is holy spend as much time as you can with your family, friends and loved ones

[@sumiterxeroslargosiuscrosi7819]

I have to stop... I can't keep watching this, I'm sorry, guys... I made it 23:15 into it and I just can't anymore...

[@Pinkapotomus]

My SIL’s brother- his wife went to get a colonoscopy, said they found a small mass and wanted to see her again. The next day she collapsed (at home)and died in the hospital. She had been hiding massive metastatic colon cancer for months. Never told anyone.

[@jeanneparisot237]

10:12 : No one die alone. No one. We all leave our body with someone at our side. It is just that the ones who stay behind can not saw them yet. I know that some people do not believe it, and it depend on were we go after, but I hope that I will be able to reach you and say "told you, buddy !" It is just that I am not sure to what place I will go after. Hope it came soon.

[@troyyetman9228]

The human condition, our story as a species. Is so tragic and cruel but also beautiful and courageous, despite the forever looming shadow of death over us all. We go on. To love and build, we don’t go silently into the night as the dark consumes us. Humanity is the darkest but most beautiful thing to ever exist. It’s truly tragic and beautiful.

[@coney207]

The world if filled with to much pain to be nasty to each other.....love is the only thing that is going to free us...

[@rebeccaabnett142]

Nearly actually saw the video, good job you had another 6000 adverts to break it up

[@mcveigh2k624]

carer - mine was a resident who went out to pick flowers for his wife ( also a resident ) on Christmas morning had a massive heart attack in the garden

[@rah.248]

22:50 Hit me the hardest.

[@Damy-t4v]

This why I could never be a doctor. I'd just cry all the time from all the tragedy around me.

[@TadashiKitsune]

19:20 ironically, it's sleeping sitting up like that for 3 weeks that might have killed him. That can cause DVTs that become PEs and kill you.

[@puredetailbeast82]

I was crying through the whole thing.😢

[@roylogan51298]

Definitely one of if not the hardest video I listen to

[@Jb-ik3pq]

Who would ever dislike this!?

[@loopylou6841]

Uugh, kids ,,, it always gets to me 😥

[@UnicornOfDepression]

My friend Susie fell out of a golf cart and hit her head on the ground, killing her. She was 18. No horseplaying, just an accident. Another friend's sister became a quadriplegic on her college graduation day by diving into unknowingly shallow water. Broke C4 her vertebrae.

[@abfarrow3596]

This is half the reason I cannot go into the medical field.

[@Bokmoh]

I know the 2nd one. Like maybe not same person but pretty much same situation. It's tragic af.

[@JackFleming-f9p]

I was 13 and I had to brothers one 12 and the other 17 but the oldest had to grow up quick cause we lost all of are grandparents 3 pets and 2 family friends so I never saw him cry but the one time I did was when are dad was In intensive care and was dying so me my brothers and mom went to visit late at night (I don’t know why we chose that time) and as we walked in we knew something was wrong and saw the doctors in a bad mood but they let us in and as we saw what was on the other side all I heard was the most gut wrenching scream by my older brother, only time he has done something like that and it broke me

[@duvallpride9045]

Heard the first one..Yeah thats enough for me