Terminal Lucidity?

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'The Rally': Hospice nurse's videos on unexplained death phenomena goes viral on TikTok

Hospice patients will suddenly seem like they're getting better – many resume eating, some start walking again and others will talk or laugh.

The burst of energy is short lived, however. Many patients die within hours or days of "The Rally."

The technical term for the occurrence is terminal lucidity, and it's hard to know just how often it happens, said Dr. Christopher Kerr, a hospice physician for 23 years.

"I don't think there's really good numbers on that," said Kerr. "It certainly it is safe to say that it's not uncommon."

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[Glynda]

That happened with my dad and his terminal cancer. He rallied for a week or so and then he had a stroke and was gone within 24 hours.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

This triggers a memory. A long narrative below of our experience, for those who might be interested.

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Both of DW's parents died in 2001. FIL had Alzheimer's, and MIL had spent a number of years taking care of him. The relocation to the Senior Facility in Modesto where they settled was linked to the availability of memory care services. We later learned that at the time of the relocation, FIL was having issues that MIL didn't tell us about at the time.

In May of 2001 MIL finally accepted that she could no longer care for him, and agreed to have him transferred to the Memory Care unit at the senior care facility where they were living. At that point FIL was pretty far gone. He had no recollection of his daughters, he didn't know who he was living with, where he was, how to take care of himself, etc. He was something less than a child. The rest of us thought the transition was long overdue, and had been urging her make the transition for some time.

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Within a week after FIL's transfer to the memory care unit occurred, MIL was hospitalized for a heart irregularity, It was supposed to be minor with her being discharged after an overnight stay but she didn't respond to initial treatment. DW was told that wasn't a big issue, because there was an alternate course of treatment that was almost certain to take care for the situation, and she would be discharged within a couple of days When she didn't respond to that alternate treatment, DW got a call informing that the situation was urgent and DW needed to come to the hospital in Modesto. A few days later, MIL died of heart failure. It was evident that MIL had been willing herself to continue living to take care of her husband, and when she was relieved of that burden, she no longer needed to hold herself together.

We held a memorial service for MIL at the senior care facility where they had been living. We didn't bring FIL to the service because he wouldn't have any idea of what was going on. But after the memorial service, we had a private family ceremony at the columbarium where MIL and FIL had reserved a niche for their ashes after cremation. We brought FIL along for the occasion, because we thought we should, even if he was totally disconnected with anything that was happening.

My brother-in-law put MIL's ashes in the niche and closed the door the door to the niche. FIL stopped staring off into space, moved over to the niche, turned to BIL, and said, "Is this where she is going to be?" BIL said, "Yes, that's where we are putting her." FIL put his finger on the door to the niche, looked at the rest of us and said, "That's good." Less than 30 seconds later he was gone again.

That was May 2001. In September 2001, we placed his ashes in the niche next to hers.

 

[DrQ]

This happened to our nephew when he passed from liver cancer a few weeks ago.

My BIL called during the week to inform us that his son had stage 4 liver cancer. We went over that next weekend to visit. He was in good spirits and we had a great visit. He died two days later. This was unusual, because he does not usually engage well. We have always suspected that he was on the Asperger or autism spectrum.

We were fortunate to have that time for a good last memory of him.

 

[simpsontruckdriver]

My wife could have had this, I know absolutely zero about medical records at her rehab center, but that is what it looks like her final few days were (Terminal Lucidity). And yes, I am having an attorney look into it, because all the signs were there that the end was coming yet they did nothing nor did they inform me (and a few other issues).

In the end, yeah 2021 was horrible, but as today is Thanksgiving in the USA, I choose to be thankful for her giving me the best 27.55% of my life.

TS