tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594156604382151139.post573036393878592045..comments2024-01-16T17:27:48.036-08:00Comments on The Good Death: Does Anyone Want to Die in a Hospital?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594156604382151139.post-22973544375993850652008-08-27T10:06:00.000-07:002008-08-27T10:06:00.000-07:00Your comment makes me sad in my bones. But you wer...Your comment makes me sad in my bones. But you were still young when your mother died, don't be too hard on yourself. <BR/><BR/>Maybe there's a metaphoric or symbolic way you could take her to the beach to rest. After all, you are a poet; you'd be good at that. <BR/><BR/>My grandfather died in the hospital, but in his case, I think it was unavoidable. He had a fall, and that spiraled into a series of system failures. But months after his death, we buried a little figurine, one that had made him laugh when he was alive, in Hawaii—the last place he had visited with his whole family, and the last place he had been completely happy. <BR/><BR/>Might not work for you ... just a thought.Jessica Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13134277281082757857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1594156604382151139.post-42239725229340863322008-08-26T19:48:00.000-07:002008-08-26T19:48:00.000-07:00all my mother wanted, near the end, was to die at ...all my mother wanted, near the end, was to die at home or at the beach with my dad. she should have. i wish we all would have just made that happen. the last time i took her, we didnt know. she wouldnt leave a hospital again until she died. id ont mind the promises i broke to her in my life, but not taking her hom, some how, that one is too much to think about.Shai W. Thanatoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436733224109692735noreply@blogger.com