This isn't going to be a fun or funny post, just a life post. My sister Lisa and I have been in Chicago since Saturday supporting our mom and our grandma, because grandma is dying. She hasn't been in great health for quite some time, but Friday blood vessels in grandma's brain burst and caused bleeding on her brain. Essentially she had a stroke. She has lived 88 beautiful years, but no matter how old one gets or how their health has declined over the years, it is never easy to watch someone you love die or have to say goodbye to them.
Since we got here, each day has been almost a repeat of the day before it. We suit up in our plastic blue gowns before entering her hospital room and say hello to her to see what, if any, response we will get. We talk to the doctors, watch the nurses take her blood pressure, hold her hand, tell funny grandma stories, get each other coffee, sit around the room and talk, and wait. Yesterday she was the most alert we had seen her. When we arrived in her room in the morning and said hello she opened her eyes and made eye contact with us for a few minutes. She even grunted and moved her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but cannot speak. Besides those short but meaningful connections yesterday, she remains in a deep sleep. At least she is resting peacefully.
And now we wait, which may be the hardest part- the waiting and the unknown. But it has also given us time to process and accept this difficult process of saying goodbye to our loved one. We love you grandma xoxo
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