My Dad died 4 days ago, after a long battle with multiple cancers. It was kidney and lung that killed him in the end. He'd had a fall on the Friday afternoon and by Sunday night he was on so much medication he was constantly in and out of sleep and only saying a few words, making noises now and then. My brother, mum and I all slept in the hospital room with him as we assumed he was sleeping himself, however at 12.15am I woke up to see him with his eyes open, staring blankly ahead. I thought he was awake and speaking with mum and my brother, but when I woke fully I realised that my brother was panicking and shouting for the nurses to come. I then looked at Dad properly and noticed his chest had completely stopped moving, yet all of a sudden his stomach would drop and it was like he'd taken a breath again. This happened maybe twice again, with about 3 minute intervals. I cannot get the image of my Dad dying with his eyes open out of my head, it's completely traumatised me. Does anyone know why a person's eyes may open in their final moments? I watched him take his last breaths and I was NEVER prepared for it to be as disturbing and traumatic as that. Please can someone help me.
