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The In Between
Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
Hadley Vlahos RN 2023 West Slope Lib. 616.029 VLAHOS
Vlahos interview, 31yo 2023/12/12
- pVIII Episcopalian Baton Rouge, parents funeral directors and licensed embalmers in Baton Rouge
pIX age 10 moved to Destin FL
pXI high school friend Taylor Haugen dies of football game injury
- pXII Florida State University, "party school"
- pXIII pregnant at 19, summer before sophomore year
- pXIV Son Brodie 2012/12/24
- pXIV nursing degree 2015?, immediate care nurse, then nursing home, then hospice ca. 2017
- p003 Ch1: Glenda (2016?)
- p007 Glenda talking to deceased sister
- p008 Continuous care (hospice nurse 24h)
- p009 "she isn't hallucinating, she is crossing over"
- p011 "My daughter thinks I'm crazy"
- p019 Glenda comatose
- p021 Time of death 8:42am - chandelier burns out with a pop
- p022 Ch2: Carl (2017?) congestive heart failure, in his 80s
- p023 wife Mary pediatric nurse
- p026 Hadley mentions boyfriend Chris, physical therapist, Greek/Japanese heritage
- p029 patient Ms. Morgan connives visit to Chris with Hadley
- p030 Carl tells Hadley about Usain Bolt
- p032 Carl out of bed, playing hide and seek with 2yo daughter Anna, who drowned years ago
p035 the surge of energy everyone gets before they die
- p038 Carl time of death 4:47am
- p041 Ch3: Sue
- p045 Ms. Sue reels off information for chart
- p046 "can you fold laundry worth shit?"
- p048 Wheezing, pulseox 87% "not too bad"
- p049 taught "always treat" ... except hospice
- p055 stale bread, Sue Great Depression, never wasted food
- p056 flashback to learning of pregnancy
- p059 in church Father Tom skips sermon, says God told him to say "You need to give up your ideal life ... and have this baby.
- p062 Sue reconnects with best friend of long ago
- p065 Father Tom arrives, prays with Sue and Hadley
- p068 Sue dies, Hadley not called because "Dad told Sue that Hadley couldn't handle it"
- p069 Hadley mentioned in obituary, only happened twice more
- p070 Ch4: Sandra
- p071 Sandra 50yo female with breast cancer, chemotherapy, metastases ... Tesla ... husband George
- p075 Flashback: Chris' mother Babette with glioblastoma, age 55
- p079 Flashback: Nurse is Theresa, who trained Hadley ... and now seemed uncaring
- p085 Sandra's daughter arrives at door - Hadley "Come here right now!", holds Sandra's hand while she took last breath
- p087 Ch5: Elizabeth 40yo nonsmoker with lung cancer, used to teach yoga
- p090 Flashback; anorexia, Teacher Ms. Lopez helps with sun while Hadley studies
- p097 Elizabeth also was anorexic, says "Eat the cake"
- p099 Hadley eats Christmas cheesecake
- p106 Ch6: Edith (husband John)
- p108 Alzheimer's