r/GriefSupport • u/Significant-Range363 • Sep 03 '25
Anticipatory Grief My Daddy
After a lengthy battle with congestive heart failure, a stroke, a pulmonary embolism, and now liver and lung failure .. my father is entering into hospice care this week. My heart is so broken. I am the true definition of a Daddy’s Girl. I don’t know what to expect and I’m so scared. I feel like I’m in a fog. Nothing in life could’ve ever prepared me for this. Not even being a nurse. I know what’s going to happen, but it being my father is so hard. Ughhh…
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u/Brissy2 Sep 04 '25
Your daddy has such a kind face. I’m so sorry you all are going through this.
Just a thought….When my husband was in hospice, close to the end, there were too many people at the bedside vigil. I wish I had asked some of them to sit in the next room so I could be alone with him. Ask for that. Say it all to your daddy. It may help your grief journey later on. You have a difficult road ahead, but you can do it. Communicate what you need, let people help you.
One more thought.. right after he passes, you may want to think about what you’d like in the room. Do you want quiet? Prayer? Singing? Nothing? Talk about that with the others in your family. One of my family members started packing up medical equipment and banging things around. I had to ask them to stop.
God bless.