Talking about End of Life

“We had a pinky promise that I would always be very honest with her. I sat on the bed and told her that she was dying.”
The father of a young woman who was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma at age 5 and died at age 18 from complications from years of treatment, speaks about how he fought to get his daughter home to die.
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“We had a pinky promise that I would always be very honest with her. I sat on the bed and told her that she was dying.”

A pediatric palliative care social worker on involving the siblings at End of Life.

Sibling illness and death: Parents on how they support their older son who has autism

Siblings: “I wracked my brain about how to make his last days better.”

Talking to siblings about end of life.

She, the sister, finally understood. She didn’t want to see him suffering in his life.

Siblings: Holding on to hope while also understanding death may happen. “The staff was worried she was too hopeful, unrealistic.”

Our goal is to get them as OK with this as possible, before.
