I guess I can comprehend a person wanting privacy at the moment of death. Or perhaps the connection to the living being the thing that keeps the body going so long.....

Ten days is very long to sit with a dying loved one. Wells sat for five. I know also that you had a lot of things that were still unsaid at the time of your father's death...so it must have been sad.

Thanks for offering your perspective.

Wells' mother died this morning at 5am and he was there.

I am making plans to visit my parents, who both still live, for the first time in 2+ years.