My sister's last night in this world

[u/lucyfur10021]

Waiting the night (for the last time) in the ICU with her. She went in with a headache that turned out to be a ruptured aneurysm in the brain. She was showing progress after the initial emergency procedure and then had a spasm in the brain followed by 3 cardiac arrests. Tomorrow morning they do the final Apnea Test to confirm brain death, after which they have our permission to take her off life support and retrieve organs for donation. My child free younger sibling life is going to be forever altered now that I'll be the primary caregiver for her two young kids and our elderly parents. I dont even know how to begin processing the grief despite therapy. There just seems to be so much to do and so much to take care of. She was the best big sister in the world and took care of me like a parent. I'm lost without her. Going to hold her hand all night and till she passes and just hope, even as a non believer, that that counts somehow.

[u/Ivers26]

I lost my little brother in 2021 and “It’s OK That You’re Not OK” really helped me too. I like the section in the back that has a handout to give people that explains how to behave towards a grieving person. I’m sorry about your sister. Even though it gets a bit easier after a time, losing a sibling never really registers or makes sense for me at least. I wish you the best. 🖤

[u/lsesalter → u/Ivers26]

This book was very helpful, and there’s a website! I used the chapters of the book that applied to me and it did help ease some of that worst early trauma. Good suggestion!