my grandfather, fell conference saturday, 10/1, and broke his hip. (he's 93) they got him stable enough to go in and do a partial hip replacement. the following monday, he came down with pneumonia. that thursday he was having other complications. inability to swallow, seeing people that no one else could, and not remembering people he knows. the next saturday, 10/8, he was back in the hospital because he kept puling out tubes. this wednesday, he slipped into a coma. as of yesterday afternoon, he had come out of the coma, but had pulled out his feeding tube again.
when he was fully functioning, he had signed a DNR, and a directive for no feeding tubes. the goal now is pain management until the end comes. when that may be, we are not sure.
i will miss him. even though we lived quite a distance from him, he was still my grandpa. and he was the sweetest little old man you would ever meet.
i love you grandpa! it's time to go Home.
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