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Hurricane Lee rapidly intensified last week — growing from tropical storm to Category 5 in a matter of hours — as it crept westward across the Atlantic. Weather buffs know that rapid intensification is nothing new for major hurricanes. It’s a natural part of their progression, and four of every five major hurricanes do it. What’s changing is the pace.
When my mum was put on a syringe driver (a device used to automatically administer drugs) three days before her death in 2009, I didn’t think twice. The kindly hospice nurse told me the drugs were “to make her comfortable” and what daughter doesn’t want their mum to be comfortable in her final days? I knew my mum was dying because the hospice doctor had told me so. I didn’t question how she knew.
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