From Skeptic to Believer - A Hospice Nurse’s Story

Welcome to my YouTube! I used to doubt if there was an afterlife, but I no longer do. Here’s some stories from my time with patients who are dying and what they saw.

About Nurse Hadley:

Hadley Vlahos resides outside of New Orleans with her husband and three children. With eight years of experience as a registered nurse, including six years devoted to hospice care, she has gained profound insights into the field of healthcare. Online, she is affectionately known as "Nurse Hadley," where she shares heartfelt stories from her experiences as a hospice nurse.

Beyond her nursing career, Hadley has achieved literary success as the author of the instant New York Times bestseller, "The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments" published by Ballantine/PRH.

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[NurseHadley]

Thank you for watching and let me know your thoughts in the comments below. If you’re interested in more of my stories and lessons I’ve learned working as a hospice nurse, check out my New York Times best selling book, "The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments"

[catsmeow]

Before Mom died, I asked her to "flash the living room lights" when she passed on to let me know she was ok. She promised she would. Mom was very religious so I knew she'd be heading to Heaven warp speed. Not only did the lights flash in the living room but so much so in the bedroom, I had to take the bulb out. I said, "ok Mom, I get you're ok" and they never did again.

[timg]

My friend's wife had terminal cancer. Couldn't walk, and needed help feeding herself.
In the wee hours of the morning, she partially sat up, waving her arms around and saying, "Wow! Wow! Wow!". Her husband woke up and asked what was wrong. She said "LOOK! LOOK AT ALL OF THE ANGELS! THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL! DON'T YOU SEE THEM? THEY'RE EVERYWHERE AND THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL!!! JUST LOOK!" At that moment, she laid back and lifted her hand like trying to take something and passed away. My friend said he knew for certain that she was with her Lord and Savior in Heaven.

[dguiley]

After hearing and reading these many accounts, I almost feel cheated. My wife passed away very quietly New Year’s Day 2024 after being mostly unresponsive for several days. There were no visions or visitors that I was aware of, but maybe it was because I had committed to keeping her in my arms until Jesus came to take her in His. The last night I squeezed beside her in that hospital bed from hospice just so she “knew” I was there and hadn’t left. The hospice nurse had just arrived for her scheduled visit and I was updating her on things when a friend that was helping care for Shelley called us to her bedside. My left hand felt her last heartbeat as my right hand held hers. I know she’s healed now, free of a body with lungs damaged from years of smoking. She’s made her way to the front of the worshippers gathered around the Throne, standing and singing again. Amen!

[GIguy]

Heart warming…I died 31 years ago, when my colon ruptured from Crohn’s disease when I was 21….I was dead for 2 minutes, but got to see my grandfather who passed when I was only 8, and all the crippling agony I had been in for months was gone, replace by pure joy, love and peace…it’s real, and I can’t wait to go back again!

[pegschwalbach]

I worked as a hospice nurse too and saw alot of things. Another nurse and I were helping the sweetest lady get washed and dressed for the day. She was sitting at the sink in her wheelchair brushing her teeth when she suddenly looked up and said "oh! It's so nice to see you again." Then she slumped forward in her chair and died. I am not a sceptic.

[ChristysChannelYall]

I’m a pediatric RN. I did oncology for a couple years and I have a memorable experience with a dying patient I’ll share. He was 15 years old and dying of bladder cancer. He had spent every day since his diagnosis angry. He was mean to all the nurses and even to his family. Well, he went through several years of chemo and different treatments before finally reaching the end of his journey. He became very different and wanted to apologize to each and every nurse, doctor, care provider he had been mean to before he passed. I was the night shift nurse on duty the night before he passed. He called me to his room and told me there were two men standing in the corner (I could see nothing) and would I please go over there and let them know he wasn’t ready, but that he would be tomorrow. I did what he asked. The next day the last nurse he wanted to speak to was working and he asked for her to be his nurse. He passed later that day. I’ve been a Christian my whole life and always believed we go to either heaven or hell. I have no doubt that he saw the angels that were there to take him to heaven. I did ask him what they looked like and he said they were wearing “old timey looking suits”. ❤

[dannysgirl]

My aunt was in a nursing home and her children hired a sitter to always be with her. One day, my aunt told the sitter she needed to get ready because her son, who passed, and her husband, who had also passed, were coming to get her. My aunt told the sitter their names and said they were over in the corner of the room. Of course, the sitter didn’t see anyone else in the room, but my aunt did. Later that evening my aunt passed. The sitter paid her respects at the funeral home and asked my cousins who Jack and Jim were. They asked her why and she reiterated what happened in the room the day my aunt passed. They told her Jack was her husband and Jim was her son. They had come to get her.

[jeffberg]

I’ll try to make a long story very short. While in Las Vegas for a wedding I woke up at 6:30 AM to find my wife having a seizure. Called for help and talked to her until it arrived. No history of this. She said that she was in a very beautiful place with wonderful people and felt very warm and happy. She could hear me talking to her and someone told her that if she wanted to come back to me she could. The next thing she knew she was back with me. (After the next two weeks of medical checkups and tests.). We talked about this a lot. She said she thought she had died but needed to come back to talk to me. She said it was beautiful and wonderful, and if it happened again and she didn’t come back it was OK. She loved me but she decided to stay there. Two weeks after the first event she had another same time, also woke up in bed to her having a seizure this time she passed away. I know she is OK, happy and with loved ones. Life goes on.

[notnownotever]

Am glad I stumbled onto this channel. I am currently on hospice for a couple months now. I have had a couple fairly scary moments, but I think I have adjusted to them now. Twice in the last week I have just passed out with no warning what ever. I have stressed a lot about how the end will be. I really hope it is like that, no warning, just gone! I have severe COPD and when my meds ware off I suddenly crash, starving for air and go into hard panic mode. It"s awful, very much like what drowning must be like. I am pretty close to being house bound due to incontinence and such. No matter what though I know it has to be faced terrified or not. Please say a prayer for me.

[TruthLifeandWay]

Before my daddy went to Heaven he said his mama who had died of leukemia when he was 4 yrs old was standing there waiting for him “holding a glass of that cool water” Dad had been so thirsty before he died while in the hospital before being put on hospice, the drs kept him just at dehydration due to his congestive heart failure his lungs would fill with fluid if he had normal hydration levels… poor daddy, all they would give him were a few ice chips to wet his mouth or a sponge dipped in water to wet his tongue …. When his organ’s finally shut down he didn’t want to eat or drink but just sleep and wait to pass…. He was so vivid when he was awake just before the night he passed, when he told me that about his mama standing there…. I replied to him and said “Daddy, you can see your mama? And he said yes, she is just right there waiting for me with the rest of them, they are all there waiting for me” ….. Daddy was so eager and brave to exit this life and enter into eternity…. I will always remember his example when it is my turn and will not be afraid… He had so much faith in his Lord amd Savior Jesus…. My mom would always say to him “ what makes you think your going to heaven? What have you done that you think you deserve it?” And daddy would say, “ I didn’t do anything to deserve it… I’m going because Jesus died for me and told me if I believe in Him that I will be with him, I don’t have to be good enough because Jesus is!” ….He was right! I can’t wait to see him again someday, hopefully he’ll be waiting there with the rest of them for me when I get there🙏🏻♥️🥰 Jesus is the Truth the Life and the Way! The only way to the Father (God) is through Him ♥️✝️

[dallassukerkin]

Oh my word ... you had me in floods there when you spoke of the lady saying her husband was there to get her. I lost my wife in 2013 to cancer, she was young, only forty-two. We thought we had decade upon decade to be together but she was stolen from me far too early. She had me promise that I would not end my days before their natural time came (she knew me *very* well) and i can only hope that she is there for me when my time comes. Even if it is just my imagination I will pass happily if she sings me into death like I did her, tho' of course she cannot physically hold me and look into my eyes. Speaking of which, that moment when she left me, her eyes lit up from inside, glowing a blue surpassing all I had seen before - and that is the moment when I stopped being a total atheist. Because she caught my gaze for the final time and *smiled*.

[jimreilly]

Mom passed suddenly two weeks ago. I miss her very much. She fought cancer and had two treatments left and was kicking the snot out of it. She wound up bleeding internally. Hospital staff kept her comfortable. When her sister called and asked what she was doing (she just got a morphine bolus) mom giggled and said DRUGS!
Mom had a lifelong and close reliance on Jesus. She knew he’d take care of her after death as he always did in life. God blessed me with a wonderful mom.

[sherrylynn]

My mom was on hospice and she said Thursday your dad is coming to get me and we’re going to a party. She passed that Thursday

[amykrahl]

What a blessing. I’m a dermatology PA and I just applied for a hospice position. I love Jesus so much and I want to make a difference for Him. Thank you for this video.

[merdyj]

When my grandmother passed away, the day before she died shentold my aunt, "I have to go, Nora is here". Nora was my mom who had passed over ten years prior ❤ She passed at 9:22 pm. My mom passed on 9/22.

[abuela]

Before my mom passed from cancer, she was in a rehab facility since she’d had surgery. I went to go see her & her eyes were closed but she was upset. She would be heard saying her sisters name & seemed very confused. The night my mom had surgery, her sister was in a fatal car accident but we never told my mom since they were very close. She was talking to her sister not realizing that she had passed. Life doesn’t end.

[elephantdog]

My stepfather was dying of cancer. The last week of his life he kept on asking 'Is it Wednesday yet'? He passed away the following Wednesday at 1:00 am. I find comfort in hearing these stories.

[darlynsamson]

Having lost my mother, father, two sisters and recently my brother, as well as my daughter, I can confirm that they passed with other family members appearing before they passed. Most recently, my daughter appeared to my brother hours before he passed. I believe that she came forward to help my brother but also to let me know she was okay since her passing had been very difficult for me.

[sheiladyck]

My Mom passed away 15 years ago. She was in a Nursing Home and was declining. A day before she passed I walked in her room and she told me, "Look, Uncle Bill and Aunt May are standing over in that corner." I said, "Oh wow that's really nice." I totally believed that they were there to help her go to her Heavenly Home! She passed away the next evening.