Not ready
My mom just informed me that my grandma is in the hospital with congestive heart failure.
I knew she had diabetes, but as far as I knew that was it, and it was fairly well controlled. I knew nothing about her heart. Of the two, I would have expected to get that call about grandpa. He has the kind of health where, it's not so much that he's got anything specific, but I've been mentally preparing for it for over a year now. It will not suprise me to get that call. But I wasn't worried about grandma.
It's not critical right now. She was referred to a cardiologist by her current doctor, and he immediately admitted her because she had so much fluid around her heart, and they need to try to drain it. But long term, this is not a good thing. Her diabetes is going to complicate things. And this is what her mother died of.
I've known for awhile that my grandparent's were getting to the age where I would need to start worrying about them. I thought I was ready. I'm not.
Hopefully she'll be out of the hospital in a few days, but at her age, it's not good news. They say she needs surgery, which she doesn't want to deal with at this point in her life.
I'm just....this has not been a good week.
I knew she had diabetes, but as far as I knew that was it, and it was fairly well controlled. I knew nothing about her heart. Of the two, I would have expected to get that call about grandpa. He has the kind of health where, it's not so much that he's got anything specific, but I've been mentally preparing for it for over a year now. It will not suprise me to get that call. But I wasn't worried about grandma.
It's not critical right now. She was referred to a cardiologist by her current doctor, and he immediately admitted her because she had so much fluid around her heart, and they need to try to drain it. But long term, this is not a good thing. Her diabetes is going to complicate things. And this is what her mother died of.
I've known for awhile that my grandparent's were getting to the age where I would need to start worrying about them. I thought I was ready. I'm not.
Hopefully she'll be out of the hospital in a few days, but at her age, it's not good news. They say she needs surgery, which she doesn't want to deal with at this point in her life.
I'm just....this has not been a good week.