×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Monday
13
Jul 2026
weather symbol
Athens 33°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> World

This is what patients see before they die, says nurse

Lucid patients see dead relatives and Jesus before they pass away

Newsroom December 22 01:56

Δείτε περισσότερα άρθρα μας στα αποτελέσματα αναζήτησης

Add Protothema.gr on Google

Working in the healthcare sector is undeniably a job that can cause great emotions and heart-wrenching moments. The American nurse from Los Angeles, Julie McFadden, in a video she uploads to her TikTok account, describes how the people she cares for spend the last days of their life.

As he said, caring for people in their final moments can be difficult, but it also has some phases that can surprise the person experiencing them.

McFadden said she has noticed something that usually happens a month before patients die.

“People a month before they die start talking to dead relatives, dead loved ones, dead pets. They see people, talk to people, angels, depending on their religion, Jesus.”

She explained in one now-viral clip that the comforting concept is called “visioning” — which happens just before dying when people are often fully lucid.

They see deceased friends, family, and even pets before they pass on to the other side.

Julie added that this happens so often that she “doesn’t even find it strange”.

Another thing he notes is that toward the end even if people look very, very sick and weak “they’ll suddenly get a burst of energy, have really good days, and then suddenly die.”

The nurse also said another “crazy” thing she’s seen is people telling you when they’re going to die.

The nurse explained that quite often, patients say, “Tonight is the night I’m going to die. Nurses often laugh at them, as these patients don’t seem to be in their final stage. But then they die. Basically, they just choose when to die. This doesn’t happen often, but I’ve definitely seen it five or six times.”

Julie also recalled an experience she saw as a miracle. She was by the side of a dying man and finally the next morning he was “walking, talking and eating”. “He lived for another three months and I felt like I was witnessing a miracle to see that happen,” she said.

>Related articles

Anargyros Mariolis: “My work is fully dedicated to my patients – Those who inspired me daily”

Justin Bieber: His mother’s prayer for him and his sarcastic response

Terror in the “heart” of Los Angeles outside a nightclub – The driver of the car that crashed into a crowd was dragged out and shot

She also said that another sign that someone is about to die, is the “death stare”. The term, which she coined, refers to when a “person is looking past you, or looking in the corner of the room or at the ceiling.” “Sometimes they talk and say they see something, but other times they just stare,” he explained.

also read

PM Mitsotakis in historic visit to Himara: “Albania is obliged to respect your rights” (video)

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#death experience#Los Angeles#nurse#patients
> More World

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

Intense meltemi winds set to intensify as wildfire risk rises, no heatwave in sight

July 13, 2026

Europe’s June heatwave linked to more than 10,000 excess deaths, EuroMOMO data shows

July 13, 2026

Greece’s demographic ‘bomb’: Births drop 44% in two decades

July 13, 2026

Veteran New Zealand actor Sam Neill dies aged 78

July 13, 2026

Female suspect from Marfin Bank terror attack case arrested in Britain

July 13, 2026

Tourism heads for a record, Tsipras… switches sides on Molotov cocktails, Samaras and the blessing of Nea Ionia, the Niarchos daughter’s gallery, and the Greeks’ deals at sea

July 13, 2026

Plastics, chemicals and sunscreen filters linked to early puberty in girls, new study finds

July 13, 2026

New revelations over cancelled Balogun red card: FIFA disciplinary committee chairman acted alone, The Times reveals

July 13, 2026
All News

> Greece

In reverence, the emotional deposition in Jerusalem, see photos & video

The Holy Temple of the Resurrection opened after many days due to the war between Israel and Iran

April 10, 2026

In the final stretch for the accreditation of joint master’s degrees: Aiming for their launch in the coming academic year

April 10, 2026

Schedule for Epitaph Procession today (10/4)

April 10, 2026

Perfect weather for Easter excursions, according to Tsatrafyllia’s forecast

April 10, 2026

Easter in Greece: The customs that continue in Greek tradition – From Nafpaktos to Corfu

April 10, 2026
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2026 Πρώτο Θέμα