I Should Have Been There

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🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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I Should Have Been There - Terry's grief is compounded by the guilt he feels over leaving his partner's deathbed to check on their dog and not making it back before his partner died. - Dr. Laura: "It's a blessing to be able to honor the deathbed requests of those we love." - Have you ever had a request from a dying loved one? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:51.6	Terry, welcome to the program.
0:53.6	I'm from Iowa City, Iowa here. I don't really have a question as much as I would want
1:05.6	your advice on how to do this. I've been trying to get by with, well not get by, I've been trying
1:13.9	to deal with loss of three individuals and I feel regret about it. And I don't, because I feel
1:23.9	that maybe I should have been there for the person when they passed away and I was busy doing
1:30.2	something else. And when I went to go home to check on our dog, which I should have been there
1:37.4	at the hospital, but he said go and check on the dog. I did. I came back to the hospital and
1:44.2	he had already passed away. I just had been having a problem with this for almost two years.
1:50.9	And I feel regret that I should have been there.
1:55.4	Okay, we can't fix that. Then you got to remember for next time, if this is meaningful to you,
2:05.7	then be alert for any opportunity for something like this might happen that you respond differently.
2:15.2	We can't go backwards and fix yesterday. We can only learn from that and use that for today
2:22.4	and tomorrow and the day after that. So what did you learn that you want to do differently now?
2:36.4	Be very specific, please.
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