We are doing the best we can. Someone from the family is at the hospital round the clock. We're all pretty stressed. We lost Grandpa a few months after we got married and Grandma has been living by herself since. She's really adamant about staying in her own home but she just can't anymore. She spends the winter in Florida and the summer in North Carolina and she is super-isolated both places. DH's aunts check in on her pretty regularly but she needs more help than that at this point. She really shouldn't be driving any more and it's just such a blessing that her accident wasn't worse when she fainted.
Honestly, her vitals are looking really good and they are talking about downgrading her to a regular floor late tomorrow or Friday. We are planning to be here through the rest of this week and then we'll come back for Thanksgiving.
Of course, given all the time we're spending here, our
Disneyland trip has been postponed. We just want to spend as much time with her and the family as we can. It's so hard to get out to Florida very often when we live clear across the country. We are both feeling really guilty that we haven't seen her more often.
DH is holding up OK. He is feeling very stressed about being around the family so much. He's kind of a loner and we get along great together out on the west coast doing our own thing but too many people stress him. His mom is giving him a guilt trip for not moving back to Florida before now so he could be closer to the family. I swear, she NEVER misses an opportunity to pick about one thing or another.
I'm trying to stay strong. I've gotten really close to Grandma since DH and I've been together. DH is the oldest grandson and there is only one granddaughter. She and I hit it off immediately - sort of "kindred spirits" to borrow Anne Shirley's phrasing - and she calls me her granddaughter also. She and I spent a lot of time just sitting together and knitting after Grandpa passed away. I know how much she doesn't want to move but I really feel like it's for the best. I know she's going to be upset by us packing her up to move but we'd rather make sure she is taken care of.
Thanks so much for checking in and for the hugs and pixie dust. I'm just trying to stay busy. I can't sleep and I'm exhausted. DH, of course, has no trouble sleeping but my mind won't slow down. I only have dial-up here so it takes FOREVER to check email or post.
I'll update y'all again when I can. I'm going to try to sleep some more. It's almost 4:00 am and I haven't slept since yesterday and we are headed off to the hospital again at 8:00. And, to make matters worse, I'm still on west coast time. At least I can get a Steak 'n Shake milkshake whenever I want one and I've had Cracker Barrel twice already this week.
Thanks again everyone. I really appreciate the support.
I hope everything is okay!
ixiedust:
The headmistress of DS(7)'s school lost her husband that way - he was only in his 50s with no heart history, then one day wihout warning had a massive coronory and crashed his car. Luckily no-one else was injured, but it was a terrible shock, he was a lovely man 
