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aah62709
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NBR I dont want to say goodbye!
aah62709
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My grandmother told me throughout my pregnancy that she wanted to last just long enough to see my little girl. I am her first grandchild and we have always been close, I speak to her nearly on a daily basis. Well I avoided bringing LO to see her because of her terrible chain smoking and out of fear that she would then pass shortly after seeing LO since I knew thats what she was holding on for. I finally gave in about a week ago and brought LO to see her. Well grandma went to the hospital thursday. She fell twice last week, once cracking her head open without realizing it! Thank goodness she goes in for dialysys appts so they noticed the blood on her head. Well she has now decided to stop dialysis treatments...she said she is ready to go. She even said well I got to see LO and I am ready. UGH! So Monday will be her last treatment which means she has 7-10 days 
Probably less since shes so weak already.
Im just sad.
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Re: NBR I dont want to say goodbye!
Sometimes I hate old age. It's so hard to lose grandparents when you're close with them. Enjoy every second left with her!!!
Hugs to you and so sorry to hear. I lost my grandmother when my older son was 4 months old. We were very close. It comforts me to know that she got to see me, her youngest grandchild, as a mom. She adored my son and loved seeing me with him. She was 96 years old, so she had a long and wonderful life. It was still hard. I did not go throughr what you went though. She fell 2 days before Christmas and broke her hip. She died on Christmas Day from surgery complications (people of advanced age just don't do well with anesthesia).
It makes me sad that she did not get to meet my second son. He will probably be her only great-grandchild she never met. But, we think she was ready. She had a moment of clarity about an hour before she passed when she looked at nothing and said "it's you. I have missed you so much." We think she "saw" my grandfather, who died 5 years earlier. They had been married almost 70 years and were the cutest couple you'd ever met.
So if your grandmother is saying she's ready and she was happy to meet your LO, then try to find some comfort in that. I know it is still really hard!