Before Dying...Grandma, Angels or Hallucinations?

Because of my faith I have no doubt that they angels were looking out for her. I do not believe she was hallucinating.

For those that do not believe, it cannot be anything but hallucinations. Sometimes they refuse to consider that it could be anything else because that puts a lie to their belief that we cease to exist after death.

I don't think that way. Too many times I have heard of experiences and felt them myself to think that there is nothing after this life. She had angels and friends to guide and comfort her. May they comfort you as well.

When my grandmother passed away in 09 she saw my dad (her ex-son-in-law) who had passed in 07. She told my mom and me that Ushie was taking her home. 2 days later she passed on. I totally believe

When my sister passed away in 09 she spent the last two weeks in a hospice hospital and I was with her every day. In the last week she would tell me stories of who was visiting and what they were doing. This is what she said:
All of our grandmothers were there preparing for a big celebration. I asked what the celebration was and she said well I'm going to be joining them. She went on and on about what they were each doing. One Grandma was cooking the other was decorating. One of the great Aunts was upset because she wanted to help cook, but Grandma said only she knew what Crystal liked. She laughed and said the others were laughing and carrying on because the two were arguing how to cook. At one point she looked over at me and she said. You don't see them do you? I told her no. She goes oh, too bad. She said it's going to be the party of century.
It was so interesting and felt so loving. We played Christain music all the last days she was in the hospital. She was in and out of awareness, but she would raise her arms during some songs like she was praising. It was so amazing. The night before she passed she was "awake" for most of the night and she talked and talked. I wrote most of it down in a notebook. I do not remember everything. But I was in total awe of the whole process.
On the last day I felt like the only way she would go was for me to leave. She wasn't going to do it with me there. So I went home. She passed away that night.
I know that I know that I know, there is a heaven, there are angels and that all of my relatives are there!
I am sorry you lost your Grandma. It is so sad to lose the ones we adore! I pray that you will come to find a peace with her passing. It takes awhile to get there, but it will come.
Good luck and GOD BLESS!
D.

I am so sorry for the loss of your grandmother. Yes, I do believe in angels visiting. My 34 year old cousin lost her 6 year battle with breast cancer. In her final days in the hospital she fell into a coma. During her final minutes, her mother and one of her sisters were holding her hands in the hospital room. My aunt told her "We're here with you, honey, and you can go now ..." At that moment, my cousin (who had not been awake for several days) whispered, "Grandma and Grandpa are here with me to take me to heaven." And then she passed away. When I was told that, it comforted me greatly. What is also awesome is that our grandfather passed away before my cousin was born, but he was still there with our grandmother to bring her to the gates of Heaven.

After that, I truly realized that we WILL be reunited with our loved ones who have gone before us. What a wonderful thing to know.

I'm so sorry for your loss...I can only imagine how hard this is...my Nana passed away in Oct and every time I think about her, I get very emotional and can't even talk about the holidays at her house (my uncle lives there, so we will still go as we have for 40 yrs, on Christmas Eve.)

I truly believe, when they are at the end, they are being welcomed by those who have gone before them. My Nana's mom passed away from breast cancer when my Nana was only 12, and in Nana's last days, she kept saying she wanted her Mama. My Papa also passed away 5 1/2 yrs ago and we know w/ all our hearts, she is happily re-united w/ him. I realize that not everyone believes, and that is ok...this is MY way of taking comfort in her being gone...I need to know she is ok and not alone.

I think your grandma was not alone at the end...spiritually. Just my opinion. Take comfort in knowing that...again, so truly sorry for your loss...thoughts are with you and your family.

Several of my friends parents went through stages like this. Those who don't believe in afterlife just say it's the mind playing tricks, others believe those family members come to make the transition easier for their loved ones. I have seen my father once since he died. I was walking in a grove of trees and turned a corner and there he was, crouching beneath a tree, one foot under his hiney and the other had his arm resting on it. He was smiling and not looking at me, just there for a flash. Then he was gone. My cousin was in a bad wreck, her sternum was crushed..., and she told me about all the family members who kept her company while she was in surgery. She has not doubt whatsoever that heaven is real.

I'm not sure what I believe about this, but I'll share something that happened to my mom. On Easter in 2004 we were at my parents house and my mom was talking about how she kept dreaming about all these people in her life who were already dead - parents, grandparents, aunts, old friends, etc. She had been having the dreams for about a month, and actually showed us a journal she had been keeping of the dreams and who was in them. She kept the journal because the dreams were so vivid and out of the blue. My mom died the next morning (heart attack). The coroner said she had suffered a previous heart attack, but couldn't say with certainty when the other one occurred. I believe in my heart that it was a month before, right before she began having the dreams.

I'm sorry for your loss. Yes, I believe they are angels. HUGS to you!

I think so. When my grandfather was in the last stages of his life, he was pretty out of it. My dad was an over the road truck driver and was in California when we got the call that we should get to the hospital to say our goodbyes.
That was at 7 am. My dad was notified too, they told him to drop his load and come home. We (and the doctors) never thought he would make it back in time. During the that time my grandpa told my aunt "Mama said to wait." Mama was what he called my grandmother who passed a few years before him. Those were the last words he spoke, and despite being taken off life support he hung on. My dad got there at 2 am the next morning, (record time), my grandpa died at 7 oclock the next morning. My dad got to say goodbye. So, I don't really have any doubt that my grandmother was there, telling him to wait for my dad.

Absolutely, I believe angels come to help us cross over. My mother's grandmother was on her deathbed, and my mom was taking care of her. She asked my mom who the men in black were in the living room. Mom of course, didn't see anyone, and she asked about it. She said that they were smiling at her, and there was a lavender casket. She asked if someone had died. My mom told her that she was having a dream. A few hours later she passed away, and in a few days, my mom was fixing the bed she had died in, sat down to wipe her tears and looked out the door. She realized that she was looking at the SAME THING her grandma had seen. The casket her uncle had chosen was lavender and the men who brought it wore black. And they were smiling.

I'm glad your grandmother had this little bit of comfort - I really am. I don't know if everyone gets it. I hope I will.

Dawn

Absolutely! My grandma raised me, and she passed last year. She had been really sick for two weeks and told us during that time that she had dreams of her brothers, whom she had been really close to and had died before her. I believe they were telling her it was okay to come home. I know she had been hanging on for years and think that made it easier for her to let go. Blessings to you and your family during this time..

T.

She was never alone.

I do believe that they are guides, spirits or angels. Days before my grandfather passed away he was seeing all kinds of dead relatives visiting him. He even told me when I arrived (I came from another country to see him pass) that there was a baby angel at the window smiling and giggling at him and that it would come to see him several times a day. He told my grandmother and my aunts about how he saw a very long road ahead of him and how beautiful it was. He hung on about 1 more day and then he passed. I'm sorry for your loss.

I believe they were angels or maybe relatives that have already passed. A week before my dad passed away he said he saw his father in his house. I truly believe that someone will be waiting.
After my older brother passed I swear he came to me to let me know he was OK. I had a dream I was talking to him and had the most calming feeling during it.
PS: sorry for your loss.

I totally believe it was angels. This happened with my grandfather, and it brought us peace. Your grandma was not alone, and was at peace. I hope you and your family are doing ok. God bless.

Totally believe in angels and spirits. There is no doubt in my mind. I'm so sorry for your loss.

I am sorry for you loss.
To answer your question..."Yes!" I have seen, read and heard of too many accurate descriptions to believe that it is just hallucinations.

I am so sorry for your loss.

There is a wonderful book, "Final Gifts, Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs and Communications of the Dying" by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley. Whey you and your family are ready, it has many stories of just what you are describing.

I agree that maybe some medical people may think they were hallucinations, many of us believe in the angels and family who are there to help them to the other side. That's why we encourage you (meaning the living family at the bedside) talk to the person and encourage them. Often their spirit is between the 2 places and need the encouragement from the living as well as the welcoming from the other side.

Lori, RN

I think oftentimes medical professionals THINK that the dying are hallucinating, but I truly believe that the dying are often being comforted by their guardian angel while on their deathbed. Of course, there ARE instances of bona fide hallucinations, such as when my husband's grandmother tells her son that my baby was flying over her bed.

I personally do believe it. My belief is not based on any real experience though. I have just heard so many similar stories. My mother passed away after a long illness quite a few years ago and so many strange things (odd coincidences) happened around the time of her death and since (too hard to really explain here), but it has made me believe in an "afterlife" and that spirits of our loved ones are around us and are there when it is time to "crossover"
So sorry for your loss.

My own faith would tell me that she wasn't alone and she wasn't hallucinating. If it comforted her in her final days does it really matter what other people believe?

Without a doubt. Loved ones, angels, guides whatever you want to call stand I truly believe there are things that help us make the transition. My aunt died of brain cancer at 49 yrs old two yrs ago and about a week before she went in to a coma she told us she was so. Glad my mom had come over to help her make the potato salad. We didn't have any salad and my mama had been dead for over 6 yrs. It was a comfort in knowing my mom was there to help her but heart breaking all at once. Tell her you love her and know she will be just fine. Best of luck love.

They are, whatever brings you comfort to believe.