I just wanted to say my mom passed away July 14th due to liver failure. After she enjoyed a vacation seeing her sons which she hasn't seen in many years, she became ill with flu-like symptoms. She went into the hospital with jaundice and I knew the reason without a diagnosis. Her liver went bad. At the time I would see her, she would appear "cold", "confused", then with the help of medicene, was alert and watching her favorite soaps and reading the daily newspaper. Toward the end, she went into respitory failure. Although she appeared to be breathing "harder" it didn't last long.(24 hrs) I told my mother for 4 days how much I loved her. At the end,she asked the nurse to hold her hand. She knew the time has come to meet those that left before her. I must say, she went peacefully,as I thought I would be seeing her the next day. Those 4 days I saw her, it looked like the whole system was systematically shutting down, and the doctors did their best to keep her going. They kept asking her if her abdomen hurt...It never did. She didn't eat anything eithier while she was in the hospital. My mom was never in extreme pain, but it hit quickly. Take care, and remain strong for her.