My dad died on a Friday and I was at training on the Saturday morning, and then the funeral was on a Wednesday. I left the wake halfway through to travel and go compete at the national championships," he says with a shake of the head. Wang, Oliver (February 2004). "Lyrics Born, 'Later That Day' (Quannum)". Spin. 20 (2): 98 . Retrieved May 30, 2016. Now aged 27 and a father himself, he says he finds it "crazy" to see how "focused and obsessed" he was as a child. The body begins its natural process of slowing down all its functions. How long this takes varies from person to person. It might take hours or days. If you are looking after someone at home while they are dying, you should have support from a specialist community nurse, district nurses and the GP. They can answer your questions and help make home nursing easier for you.

Reassure them that it is all right to let go and die whenever they are ready. Some people will hold on until they have heard these words from the people they love. So letting them go can be one of the most important and loving things you can do for them. Physical changes

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Meeting Lance and then coming out in 2013 changed everything," he says. "It allowed me to stop worrying, stop being scared and to just be me." Following a move to London, and with Jane Figueiredo as his new coach, the medals began to flow once more. A third career Commonwealth gold at Glasgow 2014 was followed by a team title as well as individual bronze at the 2015 Worlds. One cannot use "later today" to mean "at a later time today that is already in the past. If the meaning is "I gave it to him at a later time today" something like the following might be said: Four years later, Daley was already gaining more attention than his "idols" ever had. He had qualified for Beijing 2008, aged 13, and cameras were trained on his every move.

He was also plagued by a persistent triceps injury tear, frustrated by 'fake news' stories in the press about his purchasing habits and was aware that certain people were keen to 'out' him at a time when he was still processing thoughts about his sexuality. In 2016, Daley entered what he felt would be his "peak Olympics" in Rio as one of the gold medal favourites. He warmed up for his individual event with an impressive bronze alongside new synchronised 10m partner Dan Goodfellow. Figuring out your sexuality is quite difficult in any way, let alone doing it under constant scrutiny and people asking constant questions and trying to figure out things." Daley paid tribute to his father in his post-event interviews, but only finally allowed himself to fully grieve in the months following. In a way, if he hadn't had that brain tumour, we perhaps wouldn't have been as close. We developed this great connection," says Daley.

Emotional and spiritual changes

It can be emotionally very difficult to watch someone go through these physical changes. But they are part of a natural dying process. They don’t mean that the person is uncomfortable or in distress. This happens because there is less blood circulation to these body parts. Keep them warm with blankets, but don’t use an electric blanket as this could become too uncomfortable. I hope that seeing LGBT people performing at the Olympic Games gives young kids belief and means they won't feel so frightened, scared and alone. We were on holiday in our caravan and everyone was going to the kids' clubs but I was determined to stay in and watch the diving so I was leaning out of the window with the aerial to try to get a better signal," he recalls while laughing. Even if they can’t take anything into their mouth, you can moisten their lips and mouth every 1 to 2 hours. Use aqueous cream for the lips. A water-based saliva replacement gel can help with dry lips and a dry mouth. Your GP or district nurse can provide this.

Daley has always lived and breathed for the Olympics. He vividly recalls the efforts he went to, as an 11-year-old, to watch the men's synchronised 10m platform final during Athens 2004, when Leon Taylor and Pete Waterfield won silver for Britain.

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I've kind of blanked this out and there's still no sense in it. Sometimes I think maybe I should have stayed in the ice bath longer, or had a recovery drink at a different time, but sometimes you just have to say it was a bad day." As expected, the defending Olympic and current world champions Chen Aisen and Cao Yuan began the synchronised 10m final strongly and looked to be going clear of their rivals at the halfway stage.