People frequently have one or two final wishes when their lives are nearing an end, but because life is what it is, these wishes aren't always able to come true. But one daughter made news online when she revealed how she smuggled rum and Coke into a hospital to give her dying father one final taste of his favorite beverage.
Woman Praised For Sneaking In Rum And Coke For Dying Dad's Final Drink
By
Haider Ali in
Real Life
On 4th July 2022
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In Australia and throughout the world, hearts have been melted by a daughter's touching final gesture to her dying father.
It turned out to be a Bundaberg rum and coke given by syringe when Pennelope Ann filmed her and her family sharing one last drink with her dying father.
Her now-viral TikTok video shows her opening a can of Bundy. She then injects a tiny amount of the dark nectar of the Gods into his body using a syringe.
"I came prepared for the send-off,” she said in the footage. "Give him a little taste here."
Then, her mother says that they are ready to give him one last drink.
"We brought you rum, Dad,’" Ms. Ann said. "We’re going to put it in [a syringe] and put it in your mouth."
Then, Pennelope was seen bending over her father and forcing the tiny amount of rum into his mouth.
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She asked her father if it tasted good, and when he managed to nod, the two women laughed.
"Hell yeah," Pennelope said in the clip.
The sweet moment was caught on film in a TikTok video, shared with the caption: "One last drink with Dad before his spirit returned to the universe. Until we cross paths again, old man. I love you."
As the Ann family struggles with their loss, the viral video has received close to two million views and hundreds of comments of compassion and sympathy.
One user said: "I’m a palliative care nurse and this is brilliant. May he rest in peace."
A second added: "Rest in peace. That’s an awesome send-off and I hope his wife is doing okay [as it is] such a hard thing for her to go through. Condolences to all his loved ones."
A third user chipped in with a heartwarming note: "That is a guy who wanted to celebrate the life he had and so he should do it the way he wanted to. Sleep, tight buddy."
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Since her father passed away, Pennelope has used her platform to express her gratitude to the TikTok users who had reached out to her with encouraging messages.
The 27-second clip, she added, was one of "the last moments we had with my dad."
The brief segment was taken from a longer video, which she declared she will always cherish.
She disclosed that her father had been hospitalized frequently for a prolonged period before passing away due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a disorder that affects breathing.