My Dad had serveral MIs before he died from a massive CVA. After his 2nd MI we were chatting in the CCU and he too told me that he had felt an 'impending sense of doom'. When I asked him what he meant, he said that he just knew that something major was about to approach him, a bit like when you are sat in a traffic jam and see a car hurtling towards you in your rear view mirror - you know it's going to hit but there is nothing you can do about it. And then this strange calm settles over you simply because it is going to happen and there's nothing you can do to stop it. I like to think that he was that calm before he died cos despite what we were told, he did know that we were there when unconscious after the CVA. He squeezed our hands when we told him that we loved him - not just Mum's but mine, my brother's and my sister's in turn. So as a post script, please don't assume someone is unable to hear you because they are unconcious. Good job today sweet, it's heartwarming to know that you have made such a difference, not only to that man but to his family as well. bw Kim