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Grandad died peacefully and surrounded by his family at 18.55pm tonight. He hung on in there for 2 days and not the few minutes expected - totally in character for him, his stubborn streak shining through to the very last.
Thank you all for your kind thoughts ?
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My Grandad was taken into hospital last week after a nasty fall. Yesterday his respiratory system started to fail and my mum has spent the entire night in the hospital with my Aunty. They've been told he likely won't make it to the end of today ?
He's had a good old innings, surpisingly so given his lifestyle but it's still awful to think of him in such a fragile state - he was pretty fearsome when I was a child.
I think I'm probably asking for vibes for my mum really. She's had a turbulent relationship with my Nan and Grandad and I don't think they've ever fully appreciated her, yet she's never held a grudge and despite living hundreds of miles away was the first of her 8 siblings to get to the hospital. She's going to take his death very hard given their past and I hope she comes through the other side knowing that she was a good daughter who did her best to show it.
My Nan is in poor health and had to be admitted herself after he fell.
*sigh* I feel ok right now but I think this is going to hit me harder than I think.
