Does dying from septic shock & kidney failure hurt?

No: Death from kidney failure is usually comfortable.

Usually not: Shock blunts the response of the brain and when critically sick, you are usually sedated and given analgesia to relieve pain. Most patients have no recollection of when they had septic shock. Kidney failure is a typical consequence of septic shock and the previous comments apply.

Who knows?: Clinical experience shows all dying persons will, as expected, struggle to cope with reality, certainty, & uncertainty for survival & continuation at the early stage of dying, gradually become less energy & ability to fight on, then lapse into coma, and finally step into eternity. What is the pace of dying? It heavily depends upon the availability of supportive care & widely vary from days to...