10+ Doctors and Nurses Share the Weirdest Last Words They Heard from Patients

Author: Matt Gilligan / Source: did you know?

Most people don’t get to choose their last words because they don’t know exactly when death’s going to creep up on them. And very few people are around for more than one person’s last words – unless you’re in medicine.

People who work in hospitals deal with death all the time, so they’ve been privy to many last moments, and heard some incredibly poignant last words.

Here are some of the most interesting last words that people heard, shared on AskReddit.

1. Who says?

“Grandpa, tough as nails. Had four heart attacks, each one worse than the last, lived 25 years beyond all expectations. He liked to tell jokes to the EMTs before defibrillator use, hoping they might be his last words. He was funny and stubborn and sweet.

When he finally went, my mom tried to fix his oxygen mask, “daddy, you need to wear this” and he looked at her, pulled it off, and said “pfft. Who says.” Then he died.

I like it. I think it was fitting.”

2. Interesting…

“My grandma was in the hospital, and we knew she would die in the next weeks. A nurse came in for her sport program, my grandma looked at her, said “I don’t want to do sports now”,closed her eyes and just died.

I love her for that sentence because now, years later, it’s kinda funny.”

3. What a way to go

“For a lot of people their brains are just kinda going haywire to cope with the fact that they’re dying. In a thread just like this but specifically about nursing homes, a nurse said that her “favorite” last words was an old lady who looked like and thought she was just eating this massive, delicious cheeseburger, then she faded out to nothing.
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4. I think I’ll go

“Paramedic here. Unfortunately seen the end of many people’s lives, some in a much nicer way than others. Had a gentleman who was incredibly unwell, family were with him too. We stayed to offer support and ensure he was comfortable in the last stages of his journey. His last words were “she’s here now, I think I’ll go”. The patients wife explained that they had lost a daughter at a young age, and we believe that’s who he saw before he died.”

5. Flashbacks

“He was a Vietnam vet, and I stayed on the line with him as long as I could. He first said he was feeling off and weak and as his brain started short circuiting he started rambling then yelling about “the LZ is hot requesting immediate evacuation we have heavy casualties”.

I guess it was some memory from the war, but the panic in his voice was palpable and heartbreaking. He went out reliving what was probably the worst moments of his life before the stroke effected him to the point his words turned into a garbled mess.”