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 Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:47 pm
My grandma passed away today around 6:30pm.
My aunt went to pick her up to take her to the doctor and she had passed out. Initially they thought she had a stroke, but she had a massive brain aneurysm. Apparently the aneurysm burst and she had a heart attack, or something. But she had the aneurysm and it basically caused her to be brain dead. When I went to see her, her eyes were open, but she could not breathe on her own. I stood outside the door as they turned off the machines.
I was always very close to her, and just this Saturday when my mom talked to her, I told her to tell grandma I loved her, and of course, she told me she loved me back. The last time we hung out was about three to four weeks ago, and we talked about things like driving, baseball, and the Reds won that night.
Yesterday I was just talking to Lindsay about my grandparents and I had written on MSN Messenger "Grandpa Harry 1917 - 1982 Grandma Doris 1924 - 2007" and then "Grandpa Hank 1929-1986 and Grandma Leah 1935 -" because she hadn't died yet.
Isn't it strange?
No one knows how long she lay there, but I am hoping that it wasn't a long time.
My granny was an amazing woman. Her daughter had her first child at 12, and then went on and had six kids by the time she was 22. My grandma raised her two oldest, Ricky and Joey. My aunt Rhonda never moved out until late 2007. She and her husband lived with Grandma and Grandma practically raised Sarah and Derek (Rhonda's kids) too. She dealt with a lot of bullshit and had a lot of hardships in her life that she didn't deserve. But she was still an amazing woman.
I will always miss her. It breaks my heart that I can't make her the scrapbook I was going to for Christmas...
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:23 pm
Aww. This made me cry a little. cry I'm so sorry for your loss. It's so hard to lose loved ones in your life...there isn't much I can say to comfort you but I am very sorry she passed away as she sounds like a wonderful person.
When my cat died I made a garden for her to rest in and creating that garden helped me so much with my grief. I made something beautiful for both her and me and it's nice now to go look at something pretty when I feel sad. I would still make that scrapbook if you are feeling up to it. It might help you with your grief and it can be something you can make in her honor and keep forever. Then you will have something to look on when you miss her and you can remember the good times and memories of her.
Sending hugs your way. heart
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:35 pm
Aw thanks Citri.
I think I will continue the scrapbook and the idea I had. I just think it needs to be completed. I feel like I'm just still in shock. I'm so worried about missing work and everything.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:42 pm
I don't know where you work or what your financial situation is...but most places will give you a day or two off because of a death in the family. If you are able to take a day off, I would do it...just to recover a little and spend time with people in your family.
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:25 pm
Well, I'm taking the rest of the week off. I went on Tuesday, I'm taking Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. On Saturday I have CPR training, and I will go to that. And then I'm taking Monday off. On Tuesday and Wednesday, I go in early and work 9 hour days, then it's fall break and I have Thursday and Friday off.
I basically took Friday and Monday off because I need two days in a row with my family. This whole CPR thing bugs me to no avail that I have to take it and get it done when I know I won't be able to concentrate at all. -_-
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:07 pm
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Blessed Conversationalist
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:26 pm
i am so sorry to hear that B. *hugs* i will pray for you and your family.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:41 pm
Thanks.
Today was the mass funeral. And I'm home now and just thinking, "What next???"
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:45 am
heart
I'm sure you'll make it through the CPR thing okay.
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:08 pm
I did pretty good. I'm Red Cross certified in CPR and first aid now, so I guess that's the good thing. However one of the girls in my class decided to name one of their dummies "Joey" which is my cousins name, in fact, the cousin who called us to let us know that they had found grandma. crying Joey and Grandma were really close, because Grandma had raised both him and Ricky. But when I heard someone call their dummy Joey it bugged me but I was okay afterwards.
I've been to Indiana so many times in this week than I have in the last year. D=.
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:30 pm
On Sunday I went with my mom and dad and my uncle read the will. And people claimed things that they wanted. We have the recliner that was at my grandma's house.
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Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:34 am
One week ago, I was in Indiana waiting on the funeral to get started. crying
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:13 am
I just wonder how many things people have been hiding about her death to me.
My mom told me that she knew grandma was going to die that night and that this was "non-survivable" when I went to talk to my boss to tell her that my grandma wouldn't be in and we didn't know how long it would be...
I miss her so much though. crying
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Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:11 pm
I hope you're doing okay. It's hard to cope with loss and the feelings of sadness will be around for quite some time to come, but it does get slightly easier with time.
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Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 4:53 pm
Some days are better than other. I've been sick this week and all of it is just like "uggggh." I'm just been dreading work, and life in general and all I want to do is sit and think about grandma.
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