>>7665245Hey anon,
I'm very sorry to hear what you and your family are going through, and I know that the platitudes and "I'm so sorry to hear.." can begin to weigh on you as much as the situation itself.
My Mum passed away in June from liver cancer. It happened suddenly and towards the end my family was told the same, that her chances of waking up were slim to none. My only advice to you is this; We were told that despite her condition, she would be able to hear us, and I did my best to share things with her in that last week that we both held very close to our hearts. I read books to her, shitty romance novels and classics that she enjoyed. I sang to her, I just played the couple of albums that I knew we both loved on my phone speakers in the hospital room.
I don't know if it's true that she could hear any of that, maybe I was wasting my time trying to sing like David Bryne for her/eavesdropping nurses, but it helped to remind me of the times we shared together and the things that I had learned from her, and more importantly it helped me to feel connected to someone who, for all intents and purposes, was already gone.
Stay close to your family, stay close to your friends, they need you and you need them. This year has taken so much from all of us, but stay strong and know there's an anon out there rooting for you. For all of you in this thread who have lost someone.
I hope this helped,
Be well and Godspeed.
