So I talked to my dad

[erbie]

Last night after I talked to my step-mom, I couldn't keep it together enough to talk to my dad. He called me later. He's pretty optimistic, which makes me feel a little better. But I know the odds are against him.

He said he doesn't feel much like eating, but he knows he has to. He's back up to 130. This is someone who has always been very thin, at 6 feet tall, 155 lbs. I can imagine he's pretty emaciated now.

I haven't seen him. He lives two states away. They are going to visit between Thanksgiving and Christmas and they may stay for Christmas.

So on top of this, my Gramma, who is almost 102, has a compression fracture in her back and hasn't gotten off the couch in over a week. My mom and my aunt are telling me that she's not going to be around much longer. They've been saying this for years, because we all know she can't go on forever, but it's different this time. She has lost her spark. I don't think she wants to keep going much longer. And my other Grandma could go at any time too.

So I'm looking at possibly losing both grandmothers and my father within months or weeks of each other. Fun stuff, huh?

Comments

[rolypolypony.livejournal.com]

Ack :(

[erbie.livejournal.com]

Ack indeed. The last one standing fell today. Should have been the first to go, but she hung on way too long. :(