A relative was under hospice care and collapsed at a doctor’s office. He ended up in the ER. There was an argument going on between us and the ER staff when the hospice nurse arrived. She sprinkled her magic fairy dust over all of us, stopped them from intubating him, got him pain relief, and into a comfy room where he passed away peacefully a few hours later. To us, hospice was the best care possible.
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A relative was under hospice care and collapsed at a doctor’s office. He ended up in the ER. There was an argument going on between us and the ER staff when the hospice nurse arrived. She sprinkled her magic fairy dust over all of us, stopped them from intubating him, got him pain relief, and into a comfy room where he passed away peacefully a few hours later. To us, hospice was the best care possible.