{"id":10235,"date":"2023-03-30T09:59:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T07:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kc-tothepoint.com\/my-best-friend-is-dying\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T09:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T07:41:13","slug":"my-best-friend-is-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kc-tothepoint.com\/en\/my-best-friend-is-dying\/","title":{"rendered":"my best friend is dying!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>You&#8217;ve been told that your best friend is terminally ill. Crappy news! Now what? What about that family? Their kids? Your kids?     <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><strong>Tell your children that X is sick<\/strong> (they probably already know this too). There are three different ways of being sick:<br \/>\n&#8211; sick to get better (you have children, you know this form)<br \/>\n&#8211; sick and not getting better (e.g. Celiac Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome). you have this illness until you die.<br \/>\n&#8211; Being sick and dying from it. The disease that X has is fatal. The doctors can help to have less pain, but the outcome is that X dies from it.  <\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><strong>Explain that this deadly disease is not contagious (if it is),<\/strong> so that there is no fear of touching\/visiting X. (in fact, most childhood diseases are contagious)<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><strong>Does your child have to come to X?<\/strong>  Not every time you want to visit X. Once is fine, but they don&#8217;t have to come every time either. <\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><strong>What can you do for X&#8217;s family?<\/strong> No idea. Ask X&#8217;s family &#8211; X, partner Y, children A, B and C. Suggest cooking once a week, doing laundry, helping to get child B to soccer&#8230;. Any help is welcome and sometimes just knowing there is help is enough. Does family X not want help? Then offer it again in 2 days\/weeks. Insights change<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><strong>Ask a question about the impending end.<\/strong>  Not the easiest tip, but a very sensible one.<br \/>\n&#8211; Should a reminder still be made, and if so which one and how?<br \/>\n&#8211; Any word on insurance?<br \/>\n&#8211; Let them go meet with a funeral director to find\/find the click.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fliphtml5.com\/akpq\/xfrc\">Read through this magazine.<\/a>  And share the link with X.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve been told that your best friend is terminally ill. Crappy news! Now what? What about that family? Their kids? Your kids? Tell your children that X is sick (they probably already know this too). 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