update on my grandfather
My grandfather is dying and he is in palliative care. It won't be long because the hospital says all his organs are dissolving (I guess this must be organ failure) and they had to take him off his IV as his body can't absorb any more fluids. He is being given painkillers so he won't suffer from the lack of fluids or because his pneumonia is no longer being treated.
Mercifully, my grandfather is unconscious and won't regain consciousness before he dies (unless a miracle happens). He can die at any time...tonight....or two weeks from now (although I hope he doesn't linger that long). Either my aunt or my uncle are with him at all times, so God willing, he won't die alone.
My grandmother still has influenza and hadn't been to see my grandfather in the hospital. But....in recognition of the fact that they have been married for 73 years, they made an "exception" for her. My uncle drove her to the hospital yesterday to say "goodbye" and the nurses met her outside and gowned/masked/gloved her.
My grandmother isn't handling this well as it was so unexpected. And my uncle is equally upset. He feels that somehow this is his fault and that he didn't "do enough" to keep my grandfather going. But he isn't God and all he could do was "do his best" and he has done that, and more. No matter how much we fight against it, all human life does come to an end....and now it is my grandfather's time.
Surprisingly I am coping well. I believe that my grandfather is in the hands of God and that there is nothing I can do to either improve or change the course of what is happening....so...I am at peace.
Please pray that for peace and comfort for my grandmother...and that she soon recovers from her "flu". Please pray for strength and comfort for my mother who is taking care of my grandmother (her mother). Please pray for peace, comfort, and strength for my aunts and uncle who are watching over my grandfather in the hospital. Please pray for the relatives who for various reasons can't get to the hospital to say goodbye. And please pray for a gentle and pain-free "passing" for my grandfather!
Thank you!
Sarah
Mercifully, my grandfather is unconscious and won't regain consciousness before he dies (unless a miracle happens). He can die at any time...tonight....or two weeks from now (although I hope he doesn't linger that long). Either my aunt or my uncle are with him at all times, so God willing, he won't die alone.
My grandmother still has influenza and hadn't been to see my grandfather in the hospital. But....in recognition of the fact that they have been married for 73 years, they made an "exception" for her. My uncle drove her to the hospital yesterday to say "goodbye" and the nurses met her outside and gowned/masked/gloved her.
My grandmother isn't handling this well as it was so unexpected. And my uncle is equally upset. He feels that somehow this is his fault and that he didn't "do enough" to keep my grandfather going. But he isn't God and all he could do was "do his best" and he has done that, and more. No matter how much we fight against it, all human life does come to an end....and now it is my grandfather's time.
Surprisingly I am coping well. I believe that my grandfather is in the hands of God and that there is nothing I can do to either improve or change the course of what is happening....so...I am at peace.
Please pray that for peace and comfort for my grandmother...and that she soon recovers from her "flu". Please pray for strength and comfort for my mother who is taking care of my grandmother (her mother). Please pray for peace, comfort, and strength for my aunts and uncle who are watching over my grandfather in the hospital. Please pray for the relatives who for various reasons can't get to the hospital to say goodbye. And please pray for a gentle and pain-free "passing" for my grandfather!
Thank you!
Sarah