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Bash, Fix, Repeat..
I hope my RC family enjoyed there steak and BJ day. As mine was spent driving 500 miles and holding my great grandmothers had as she went to be in a better place.
She was 80+ years old and had battled many battles in her lifetime. She has life long diabetes, skin cancer, breast cancer, heart problems and other things. The last big one was a hole in her intestine that required surgery, she never recovered from it. She has been in the hospital ever since and came very close to passing a few times. Last week they agreed to honor her do not resuscitate and let nature take its course. She had been in pain for a long time and fought one hell of a battle. Even with the strongest pain meds possible she was still hurting.
This week she started getting worse, and was unresponsive for 2 days. On Thursday my mom went in to visit and while talking to her asked her if she wanted to see my and my brother. She opened her eyes and squeezed her hand. Mom immediately called me and my brother and told us it was time to come home. I left Friday morning at 9:30 and drove strait through to arrive at Little Rock baptist hospital at 5:30. we got to go in, tell her we loved her and say our goodbyes before visiting hours were over at 6. We were allowed to go back in at 8 to see her and noticed her breathing and vitals didn't pick up like they did the first time we came in. we walked outside the room to talk with the nurse and see if we had missed anything in the 2 hours we were gone. I noticed her heart rate was getting sporadic and breathing was getting slower. We went back in the room and held her hand, told her we loved her and would miss her, and told her goodbye for the last time. her breathing slowed to about 8 a minute and then became shallow down to 6. she then stopped breathing and a minute or so later her heart stopped. as i stood there holding her hand, she passed peacefully at 8:50pm.
I am so thankful i made it there before she went, and feel that she was waiting on us to get there so she could see us one last time.
Although she is my great grandmother she practically raised my mom and we were very close.
The one memory that will always stick with me is the $5 cash Christmas gift you could always count on from grandma. In this day $5 is basically nothing, but it was all she had to give, she gave all she had, and was damn proud to be able to do so.
I didn't right this for anyone to feel sorry for me or anything. She was old, ill, and we knew it was coming. Just not when.
My reason for this post is to encourage everyone to love your family, cherish them, and spend as much time as possible with them because tomorrow is never promised.
A boring day with your loved ones is always better then an exciting day alone.
I hope everyone has a great weekend.
She was 80+ years old and had battled many battles in her lifetime. She has life long diabetes, skin cancer, breast cancer, heart problems and other things. The last big one was a hole in her intestine that required surgery, she never recovered from it. She has been in the hospital ever since and came very close to passing a few times. Last week they agreed to honor her do not resuscitate and let nature take its course. She had been in pain for a long time and fought one hell of a battle. Even with the strongest pain meds possible she was still hurting.
This week she started getting worse, and was unresponsive for 2 days. On Thursday my mom went in to visit and while talking to her asked her if she wanted to see my and my brother. She opened her eyes and squeezed her hand. Mom immediately called me and my brother and told us it was time to come home. I left Friday morning at 9:30 and drove strait through to arrive at Little Rock baptist hospital at 5:30. we got to go in, tell her we loved her and say our goodbyes before visiting hours were over at 6. We were allowed to go back in at 8 to see her and noticed her breathing and vitals didn't pick up like they did the first time we came in. we walked outside the room to talk with the nurse and see if we had missed anything in the 2 hours we were gone. I noticed her heart rate was getting sporadic and breathing was getting slower. We went back in the room and held her hand, told her we loved her and would miss her, and told her goodbye for the last time. her breathing slowed to about 8 a minute and then became shallow down to 6. she then stopped breathing and a minute or so later her heart stopped. as i stood there holding her hand, she passed peacefully at 8:50pm.
I am so thankful i made it there before she went, and feel that she was waiting on us to get there so she could see us one last time.
Although she is my great grandmother she practically raised my mom and we were very close.
The one memory that will always stick with me is the $5 cash Christmas gift you could always count on from grandma. In this day $5 is basically nothing, but it was all she had to give, she gave all she had, and was damn proud to be able to do so.
I didn't right this for anyone to feel sorry for me or anything. She was old, ill, and we knew it was coming. Just not when.
My reason for this post is to encourage everyone to love your family, cherish them, and spend as much time as possible with them because tomorrow is never promised.
A boring day with your loved ones is always better then an exciting day alone.
I hope everyone has a great weekend.
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