goodbye.

she died today. agonal respirations, hypotension despite fluids wide open, extremities edematous. skin cool, yellow-green. pupils fixed, residual bowel sounds present. heart sounds absent, lung sounds absent. 9:22am.

her body is quickly cleaned, top to bottom, front to back. limbs flop around and slap against surfaces; an eerie slapping sound. tag is placed around big toe, and body is wrapped in clean white linen. you'll never forget her face.

did she feel any of this? did she slip away before her body started failing? and you wonder where she went.