Michelle Bennett got to say goodbye to her mum over FaceTime before her mother died from coronavirus

She didn't think she'd be able to say goodbye to her mother before she died. 

Like a lot of families across the United States right now, Bennett was told she couldn't be in the same vicinity as her 75-year-old mother, Carolann Christine Gann, who had contracted coronavirus and was nearing the end of her life. 

"Not being able to be there and hold my mom's hand, rub her head, tell her the things I wanted to say to her. It was such a helpless feeling, I can just remember the days leading up feeling so frustrated and helpless and not being able to talk to her because she was not conscious during that time," Bennett explained.

But a nurse at Swedish Issaquah hospital in Washington took it upon herself to make sure Bennett got to say her goodbyes. Bennett said the nurse called her from her personal cell phone and said her mother's breathing was changing and she probably wouldn't live much longer. 

"I'm going to put the phone up to her face so you can tell her you love her and say your goodbyes," Bennett says the nurse told her. "She will not be alone, we will stay with her till the end."

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At some point and fronts, we all just have to let go cos absolutely nothing will change the status quo at that point

An infection arrived this thread before me.

*Fumigates my space with antibiotics*

What an emotional moment for the daughter.