Being there at the end - Mum dying

Hi sorry for the multiple posts.

my mum is end of life in hospital and I've been by her side pretty much all the time since they told me she was being taken off treatment and put onto end of life care - this happened on Tuesday this week.

now that I can see the end isn't far away I'm getting scared and I don't know if I should be here at the end. I thought I wanted to be and that would be what my Mum would want but we never spoke about this kind of stuff and now I am really frightened of being here when it happens. I feel really alone and isolated and scared. I don't have any support and I don't have anyone here with me it's just me and Mum in a side room. I feel silly being scared because it's my Mum and I adore her. But I think it's the fear of really losing it and melting down and how would I get home safely in that sort of state, being on my own and vulnerable. Im desperately trying not to think about it happening but I fear it's not going to be far off and I am getting really petrified. Please help!

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  • Claire,  I am so sorry for you, and maybe I am wrong in the advice I am about to give you.......I just don't know.........but here goes:  Claire, everyone I know, including myself, always wishes that they had been with their mother as she took her last breath, and many folks later regret that they were not there right till the end.  Claire, please forgive me if I have spoken out of turn, but I am simply telling you the truth.  You MIGHT later regret it if you are not with your mother as she passes.  I feel so sad for you Claire, sorry I can't be of more help, much love to you, Violet xxx

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  • Claire,  I am so sorry for you, and maybe I am wrong in the advice I am about to give you.......I just don't know.........but here goes:  Claire, everyone I know, including myself, always wishes that they had been with their mother as she took her last breath, and many folks later regret that they were not there right till the end.  Claire, please forgive me if I have spoken out of turn, but I am simply telling you the truth.  You MIGHT later regret it if you are not with your mother as she passes.  I feel so sad for you Claire, sorry I can't be of more help, much love to you, Violet xxx

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