HW 32 - Thoughts following illness & dying unit

The most nightmarish practices around illness and dying in my opinion are probably dying alone.  The scariest thing in my opinion is dying alone because dying itself is very scary  thing.  But when your all alone and have no one to comfort you that makes it even worse.  Just imagine literally being the most scared you have been ever and not having anyone around you to assure you that things will be okay and that they are there for you.  I don't even think that I would want to go through that process without someone.  I don't think I could go through it without someone.  My father told me that when his father was dying he was there with him for his remaining days and to his father that meant the world to him.  Being there during someones last moments could be the best thing you have done for this person and you wouldn't even know it, just to have you there could be the great ending to the final chapter of someones life.