Re: Seen anyone dying?
I worked my way through college as an orderly in a hospital. I saw lots of people die. The most horrible was a man named Gaylord G. (can't use the whole name here). Gaylord had Lung Cancer, and the cancer had metastastisized to his brain. He had a huge growth coming out of his head. The minute you walked into his room, you could smell the cancer coming up out of his lungs. Once you have smelled this you can never mistake it again.
During his last days he developed a type of breathing pattern called Cheyne-Stoking. This is where you take a few breaths, then completely stop, then suddenly resume. This is frequently a symptom that immediately precedes death. I had gotten to know this man well, so the family paid extra, and asked that I stayed past my normal shift and stayed only with him that night. The Cheyne-Stoking is the most is the most nerve wracking thing you have ever experienced. You literally think every breath is his last, and then breathing can restart nearly a minute later. Absolutely horrible. By dawn he actually took his final breath, and never resumed. It was an absolute blessing when he finally died.