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I (16F) have a neighbor (?F) who is so sweet and taught me in school for a brief period of time. I don't know her exact age, but she has a 20 year old son, so late 40s? She lives down the street from us and our whole ward (Mormons) loves her.
About four years ago, she was diagnosed with ALS, or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. It has a 100% mortality rate. She was given three to five years to live by her doctor. I haven't seen her for over a year, and she lost the ability to speak about two years before that.
Recently, her health has been declining, and we think she's going to die within the year. She needs someone with her at all times now, and her son is living with her and her husband for the time being.
My little sister has no idea what's going on. She knows the neighbor is sick, but doesn't know what illness she has, or that she's going to die. She's 13, but is a gigantic baby so she might as well be eight. My parents don't want her to know, saying she'll find out when it's about to happen. I won't tell her against their wishes, but it's eating me up inside. I think she shouldn't be told days before it happens and not be able to process it, especially since I knew from the beginning.
I really just don't know what to do.
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Did you try talking to your parents about it? Maybe you can convince them to tell her. Even if it is hard to hear, she deserves to know so that she can mentally prepare (at least as much as a human can prepare to lose somebody). Also, even if she acts eight, she is thirteen and deserves to be treated as such.
Knowing in advance (at least in my experience) never really makes the death easier. But I think she might have more emotional trauma in the future knowing that this was kept from her.
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