"You're Next": People Are Sharing The Last Words They Heard Someone Say As They Were Dying, And They're Not All Inspiring

Recently, we shared a post wherever Quora users shared their experiences being contiguous for the last moments of someone's life...and proceeding their past words.

Well, arsenic it turns out, BuzzFeed's readers wanted to stock their experiences proceeding someone's past words too, truthful we rounded them up here:

1. "A young pistillate was being tally by gurney to the operating room, but the unit didn't deliberation she would marque it successful clip and charged into a country successful the intensive attraction unit. The young pistillate had carried a full-term but not live fetus for a mates of days and came to the infirmary septic and bleeding out. During each the chaos, she was conscious. Within minutes, an exigency hysterectomy was attempted, during which she coded. I was positioned by her head, and she spoke, 'I'm going,' earlier her caput fell to the side, and she was gone. I'm not definite anyone other heard. Was she announcing her passing to archer america we could stop? It was a gentle utterance wrong a nightmare."

—anonymous

2. "My girlfriend, gasping for her past breath, looked astatine maine and said, 'You're next!' That spooked the crap retired of me, and I made a speedy exit!"

—anonymous

3. "I was a respiratory therapist, and a antheral said, 'Look astatine each the beauteous flowers!' He past passed away."

4. "My lad passed distant astatine 35. He had an addiction to alcohol. In April 2022, helium was admitted to a infirmary successful San Francisco and had to beryllium revived by the unit successful the ICU. Magically, helium survived that incident. On the time helium was released from the hospital, I walked with him, and helium told maine the ICU caregiver advised him, 'Don't travel backmost present again! People ne'er past a 2nd clip successful ICU with the unwellness you have.' He told maine it frightened him, and helium would bash what it took to beryllium sober. That aforesaid year, helium called maine connected Thanksgiving time and said, 'I privation I were with you successful Hawaii truthful we could locomotion unneurotic again.' That night, helium was rushed to the hospital. We were ne'er capable to speech again arsenic the encephalon harm caused by his heart-stopping for 15 minutes was excessively much. I inactive agelong for a locomotion with my boy."

—smartlegend40

5. "As a hospice nurse, I had the privilege of proceeding galore past words, but the astir beauteous 1 came erstwhile I entered a patient's chamber and astir sat down successful her bedside chair. She stated: 'Oh delight don't beryllium determination — my angel is sitting there!'"

—anonymous

6. "I'm a erstwhile pediatric exigency registered caregiver and person a heartbreaking one. I'm crying adjacent present remembering it. A 5-year-old miss was astir to die, and she said to her mother, 'Oh, look, Mama! Grandma is coming to instrumentality maine to that park! She said she loves you and we'll spot you later. Love you, Mama! Bye bye.' She fell asleep. And she was gone 15 minutes later."

7. "I erstwhile cared for an aged man with dementia who was dilatory declining. He didn't talk much, and erstwhile helium did, helium didn't marque sense. One of my co-residents had developed this precise nasty rash astir his eye, and erstwhile we went to spot this diligent together, helium sat upright. Looking horrified, helium pointed a digit astatine my co-resident's look and said, 'What happened to your eye?!' That night, helium was transferred to the ICU and passed away. That was the past happening helium ever said."

—fluffyalligator20

8. "I heard a dying ma accidental to her 45-year-old son: 'I cognize you truthful small but emotion you truthful much.'"

—anonymous

9. "A person of mine, a Buddhist, was dying of cancer. It is said that erstwhile you dice you volition beryllium greeted by a 1000 Buddhas. After being comatose for respective hours without opening her eyes she began saying 'Hello' and 'I’m feeling wonderful, convey you' and 'I’m pleased to conscionable you' and akin phases for astir 10 minutes. She past passed distant with a grin connected her face."

10. "My father-in-law was known for his lectures connected life. It drove maine up the partition erstwhile he'd travel implicit unannounced. It was past you'd cognize you were successful for a 'lecture' and couldn't conscionable fell or, amended yet, prevarication and archer him we were leaving. So, anyway, successful his past 10 years, helium was experiencing a batch of wellness issues, and they didn't diagnose him with mesothelioma until six months earlier helium died. When helium went to hospice, I was the lone 1 who would beryllium with him."

"I was studying for my Medical Assistant license, and astatine first, helium would speech with maine successful betwixt his morphine-induced deliriums, past it was thing but opening his eyes and smiling and drifting disconnected again. The past night, helium 'woke' up and said, 'Hi Brenda, however are you doing?' He sounded truthful happy! Then helium went backmost to dreaming successful his morphine land. About midnight, I got up to spell and bent down to buss his forehead. He grabbed my manus and said, 'I've got to go.' And helium went."

—anonymous

11. "Our youngest lad had galore wellness issues from terrible hemophilia and HIV, arsenic good arsenic superior pulmonary hypertension (which is what did him successful astatine property 32). As helium laic connected the level successful my arms astatine our section cause store, felled by his atrocious heart, helium struggled to beryllium up arsenic if helium recognized idiosyncratic oregon thing and said, 'Y'all gotta beryllium kidding me!' We were not Southerners, nor did we unrecorded successful the South. I'd ne'er heard specified a heavy and incredulous Southern accent from him before. And those were his last words. I felt the beingness permission his assemblage then, and I told the EMTs to halt with the CPR. He was gone."

—anonymous

12. "I'm an ER doctor. One afternoon, a young antheral successful his precocious 30s came successful with thorax pain. He was having an ST elevation MI (heart attack), which was astonishing fixed his young age. I called the cardiologist, and arsenic we were getting him acceptable to instrumentality him to the cath laboratory to unfastened up his coronary arteries, the diligent told maine that helium didn't privation to spell until helium saw his wife. She was inactive astir 45 minutes distant from the hospital. He looked perfectly terrified. I told him that clip was musculus and that the sooner we could unfastened his arteries, the amended helium would be. I looked him consecutive successful the oculus and said, 'You're going to beryllium fine. We bash this each of the time.' I promised that I would conscionable his woman arsenic soon arsenic she arrived and bring her to the cath lab. He died connected the table. His artery dissected (tore) during the procedure. It haunts maine to this day."

13. "My hubby died of ALS successful his 50s. In the ER, helium opened his eyes, and his past words to maine were, 'You're the best.'"

—anonymous

14. "My dada had superior bosom issues but felt good capable 1 Sunday greeting to spell connected a travel to Florida. He woke up and told my ma this was the champion helium had felt successful years. A fewer minutes later, helium told my mum his tummy was truly hurting. Mum told him she would marque him immoderate tea. When she returned to the bedroom, helium was down connected his knees talking to immoderate unseen person. He looked astatine my mum, said, 'I'm going now,' and past passed away. Mum ever believed immoderate heavenly idiosyncratic had travel to get him."

—anonymous

15. "Years ago, my uncle was successful the process of dying. He took successful his past breath, past woke up and said to his mother, 'Oh, Mom! You person to get acceptable — it's truthful beauteous implicit there.' He died peacefully, having fixed the household a glimpse of heaven."

16. "My hubby had a tragic mishap with aggregate breached bones and punctured lungs. Before helium mislaid consciousness, helium said, 'I'm truthful sorry. I emotion you.' He died 2 days later, having ne'er regained consciousness."

—anonymous

17. "I was connected my greeting locomotion with my precocious hubby erstwhile helium grabbed his bosom and said, 'I'm fine, support walking.' I sat him down connected a seat successful a gazebo and saw his past enactment — helium died successful my arms. That was 24 years agone (he was 54). He made dying look truthful peaceful."

—anonymous

18. "Working arsenic a paramedic, a woman successful the ambulance looked up astatine maine and said, 'That’s it, goodbye.' She went into cardiac apprehension and died."

19. "My 89-year-old parent told my father, 'Bill, let’s marque a interruption for it.'"

—anonymous

20. "A young antheral successful his 20s received a chopped astatine enactment that would not heal. He went to the doc to find retired helium had leukemia. Treatment failed, and helium went into hospice care. When helium asked america to telephone his household to his side, we knew the clip was close. After loving goodbyes to his loved ones, helium stated, 'Time for maine to go. The Angels are here.' He died soon aft these past words — a beauteous exit from this world."

—anonymous

21. "My brother-in-law was dying. It was sudden. My husband, his brother, and I stayed during the nighttime shift. His breathing took a atrocious turn, and the nurses said we should telephone successful family. My hubby near to bash that, leaving maine successful the country with him. He changeable up suddenly, reaching retired toward something, and said 1 tiny word: 'Oh!' It was said with unthinkable reverence, and it was similar helium was shocked and overwhelmed, but successful a bully way. It was a axenic infinitesimal of full vulnerability and guiltless beauty. And past helium laid determination and conscionable died. I was successful awe of it, and I inactive am."

22. "A friend's brother-in-law was dying of crab when, adjacent the end, helium got precise excited and said, 'He's here! He's here! He's each astir us.' The antheral past enactment his caput down connected the pillow, went to sleep, and ne'er woke up."

—anonymous

23. "My Dad collapsed abruptly successful our hallway. After helium fell down, I yelled, 'Should I telephone an ambulance?' and helium intelligibly replied with 'No!' contempt already nary longer breathing. We did, of course, telephone exigency services instantly aft realizing it was superior and started reanimation. The exigency doctors took implicit and tried everything for astir an hr earlier 1 precise kindly asked whether they should transportation connected and transport him oregon stop."

"I knew that my Dad didn't privation life-prolonging measures, but the concern was truthful abrupt that I panicked and wasn't instantly definite however to respond...until I realized that my Dad, who had been severely sick for a agelong time, astir apt understood what was happening erstwhile helium didn't privation to telephone an ambulance — truthful we stopped CPR. Thank you truthful overmuch for that, Dad. Your past connection made it an casual decision."

—anonymous

24. "My person hadn't spoken for days when, retired of the blue, she said to idiosyncratic unseen, 'Where the hellhole are we going?!' Those were her past words. She was 106."

25. "I was moving arsenic a caregiver successful a nursing home, doing the greeting med pass. We had a hubby and woman connected our portion that the household had requested beryllium successful antithetic rooms due to the fact that though she had Alzheimer's (and was different successful large health), she would deterioration herself retired taking attraction of him and fussing implicit him arsenic she had done for each of their matrimony (he had important aesculapian needs). I was successful beforehand of his country with the med cart erstwhile she pushed past it. I reminded her she wasn't expected to spell into his country until helium was retired of bed. She said, 'I conscionable request to accidental goodbye. I'm going to spot my mother, and I astir apt won't beryllium back.' I chuckled to myself, reasoning (since she was 85), If you're going to spot your mother, you decidedly won't beryllium back. (Of course, I assumed it was a declaration she had made due to the fact that of Alzheimer's dementia)."

"Not 2 minutes aft she kissed him goodbye, the alarm went off, signaling a doorway had been opened by idiosyncratic who hadn't utilized the code. The unit went moving to drawback her portion I continued passing retired meds. The adjacent happening I see, the staff is dragging her assemblage backmost into the portion to get the clang cart. She had literally walked retired the doorway and dropped dead. Or, arsenic she enactment it, she went to spot her parent and didn't travel back."

—anonymous

26. "My begetter served his state for 24 years successful the United States Air Force and ever gave large beingness advice. For example, helium told maine that erstwhile you go a parent, the occupation is for beingness until the time you die. Anyway, my begetter was connected his deathbed astatine the property of 86. Two days earlier helium passed, my younger member and I started to fuss astir Dad's information successful the ICU. I saw my begetter determination his caput and accidental to my member and maine without missing a beat: 'Cut it out!' I had to laugh, but successful my laughter, I started to outcry due to the fact that close past and there, I remembered that helium told maine successful my 20s that the occupation of a genitor lasts a beingness until decease does america part. Dad winked astatine maine and said, 'I'm acceptable to spell home, son.'"

—anonymous

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