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The Dr. Laura Podcast

I'm Paralyzed by My Husband's Death

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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I'm Paralyzed by My Husband's Death: Marla's husband recently died of a heart attack in front of her, and she is really struggling with her shock and grief. - Dr. Laura: "Friends and time to grieve are the best medicine." | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Thank you for listening to this edition of the Call of the Day.

0:03.8

Be sure to listen to my program Monday through Friday now heard on Sirius XM Triumph 2011.

0:09.8

Marla, welcome to the program.

0:12.0

Thank you Dr. Laura.

0:14.0

Thank you very much.

0:15.0

I have a two part question and I think you are like the perfect person that could help

0:23.8

you with this because I know you experience you walk in someone's shoes really don't know.

0:29.7

I lost my husband he passed away in September and I have a really hard time.

0:35.7

Slow down, slow down, slow down.

0:39.7

Okay.

0:40.7

What did he die of and how old was he?

0:43.7

59 and he had prostate cancer which metastasicized to his bones, his lung but mostly his liver.

0:54.7

At the end he died of a heart attack from all of that right in front of me.

1:01.7

In front of you?

1:02.7

Well that's a little traumatic my dear.

1:06.7

Yeah, we're really hard time.

1:08.7

No, we were in the hospital and we were in the hospital and he just looked at me and he said,

1:14.7

cold and nurse, I have diarrhea and I ran out and they came back in and they just started calling his name.

1:21.7

They were in there and then they went ahead and they, it was 20 minutes later and the critical doctor came out

1:30.7

and she said, because she pushed me out and she said, he's back but we had to intubate him.

1:37.7

I said no, there should be a DNR and a DNI and she said, I said, get him off of that.

1:48.7

We did this.

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