The procedure is often traumatic to the person and relief from secretions tends to be only temporary. The person's room should be cool and well-ventilated, and a slight cool breeze from a fan to the person's face helps. Please see the section on respiratory and cardiovascular problems . In the last weeks of life many patients begin to have vivid dreams about loved ones who have died previously. These dreams tend to be comforting or evoke nostalgia.
Some people also dream of dying or having died.
In most cases these dreams are either comforting or are more or less neutral in effect. Many people will not report or tell about their dreams unless specifically asked. Other people involved also have important dreams. At first I was in the front yard, and then I felt compelled to walk down her old gravel driveway. When I got to the back of the house I looked into the back yard where her garden was and there was the most beautiful gold light filling the yard and then all that I could see.