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camel_gopher 7 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: It's getting harder to die

That breathing pattern is called the death rattle.

tmjwid 7 months ago [–]

When my dad died last year from aggressive relapse of cancer, his death rattle was so intense my mum couldn't deal with it and had to leave the room when it was happening, it's a disturbing experience. She's still traumatised by it today.

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