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<strong> This was a booklet in the Hospice room of my best friend for 50 years. </strong> I watched her as she died for 4 days. It was traumatic for me and <strong> I was told I had to leave the building on one occasion because, due to COVID, only 4 visitors per patient were allowed. </strong> The other 4 all knew each other from Florida so I volunteered to leave the room, but <strong> the Hospice people made me go out into the cold. </strong> I went out to my car because it was cold and I was not prepared to go outside when told I had to leave immediately. <strong> I cried in the car, then drove away for a while. </strong> I was already hurting because my friend was dying, but <strong> this unecessarily harsh rote adherence to a rule hurt my feelings. I watched the stages of dying alone except for the nurses. </strong>