Prayers for Grandma

Friday, January 28th 2011

Today I received the most sad news I've ever received. I found out that my Grandma B was unconcious in the hospital and would only survive another couple hours, up to a couple days at the most. She was sleeping and had no chance of waking.

I left work in tears that I was trying to hold back so as not to cause a scene, met D and he drove me down to the hospital (in my hometown an hour away). It was the longest drive imaginable. It felt as if the world had stopped and it was silent all around. Only the car was moving in and out of all the other traffic. I wanted to wake up from the nightmare.

We spent hours and hours next to Grandma lying peacefully in her hospital bed. I didn't want to leave her side. I continued to pray that she felt no pain and was having the sweetest dreams of her life. I prayed that she was comfortable and on her way to Heaven as soon as she was ready.

The doctor said this would be the way he would want to go if he had the choice and that provided slight relief in our aching hearts.

The whole family gathered around her bedside for the entire evening and I think we each sat in every chair at least 4 times- and there were 10 chairs. No one could sit still.

I waited for my Dad to arrive after flying home from a business trip and by this time it was getting close to 11pm. I filled up my Dad's cup of coffee a couple times and tried to comfort him too.

It was getting late and I wanted to take D home to get some rest, so we said our goodbyes and went back to my parents house, leaving my Mom, Dad and Aunt T there to watch over Grandma.

Peace...