Family illness

[judecorp]

Apparently my great-uncle (my grandfather's brother), who has been on-and-off sick for a while now, is back to being on-sick, to the point that my grandfather is preparing himself for his brother's imminent death. This is all kind of surreal, since the last death in my immediate family was about 25 years ago when my vovo (great-grandmother) died at age 93. I guess I'm gifted with not only a small family (no one had more than two children) but a hardy one. It's weird that you can fit my entire immediate family in like one room. Even if you count my estranged relatives on my mother's side, I still only have /three/ first cousins, one uncle, two aunts (one by marriage), one brother. But I miraculously still have three living grandparents.

I think it's hard for my grandfather because his brother (at 89) is only a few years older than he is, and he probably thinks he sees his future in him. Gosh I hope that's not true. I'm certainly not ready for anything to happen to my grandparents, especially since they're still quite healthy unlike Uncle Ralph who has been sick for a long time.

Aah well.

Comments

[prettyvacantone.livejournal.com]

:( I hope things are ok. My grandfather just passed away last weekend, and it's difficult watching older relatives face their own mortality.

[hope-persists.livejournal.com]

i'm so sorry, sweetie. will i be seeing you at the alix show tonight to give you a hug?

[jennbits.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear this. :( Hopefully your grandfather will find comfort in even the small handful of loving people that he has around him. ... and hopefully you will too. :) <3

[livinginoctober.livejournal.com]

What's strange is I have 4 surviving grandfathers, and only one surviving grandmother. And women usually survive men, so that's odd to me...

Your family has my good thoughts and prayers. :)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I'm really worried for my grandfather. And for my dad, too, because I'm sure this makes him contemplate his parents' mortality more.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for helping me get in!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I hope he does, too. We're quite a stoic family, so I don't know if he'd even ask for help if he needed it.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a lot of grandfathers!

[ullrsawah.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking good thoughts for you during rough times...

(And, wow. 3 1st cousins. I'm the 20th grandchild on both sides of my family.)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a lot of grandchildren! (My paternal grandparents have 3 grandchildren and my maternal grandparents have 4.)