It just doesn't happen that way. It was ten months ago today that I held my Mom's hand as she slipped away.....needless to say, she didn't have a sudden drop in body temperature.
I have been at the bedside of many terminal patients. Dying is a process as opposed to an event. It’s a passage.
That being said, there are always exceptions. We had a young woman diagnosed with breast cancer. There was nothing to be done as she did not seek medical attention until the cancer had spread.
Even so, she had time to come to terms with her situation. Or so we thought.
I was getting her out of bed to a bedside chair. After she dangled her legs over the side of the bed for a few minutes, we were helping her to a standing position. Her eyes rolled back in her head, she went limp. We managed to get her back in the bed quickly, but she was dead. (She was a DNR). I have never seen anyone go so quickly from a terminal illness.
That is why I cannot discount this story.