Dying friend...what to do?

[ahoragi]

My long time girlfriend's father is dying at this time. He has a few days, if not a week, left to live. She just got over her grandmother dying last week and now this so it's a pretty tough time for her and I'm doing what I can to make her feel better.

We plan to visit her father tomorrow but I'm very nervous about this. I just heard that he's having a very hard time breathing and his chest hurts so it seems his time is coming. I dunno what to say or what to do when I get there.

Has anyone experienced a situation like this, being around a person who's dying?

I don't want to say the wrong thing and make him cry, or mention something that will trigger a bawling session among everyone. I could just stand back in the background and observe but deep down inside I want to do something to make his last days as pleasant as possible.

I dunno what to do.

Help?




Thanks