How would you spend your last (holiday) with her?

A friend of mine found out last week that his mom has inoperable, advanced cancer. He, his wife, and three kids are taking immediate leave to spend their last Christmas together with her at the hospital. It is so awful in so many ways that I haven’t permitted myself to dwell on it, but I spoke to him today before he left, and I am now wondering what I and my family would do in the same situation. What would you guys do?