Just lost my grandpa at age 100

[ghost recon88]

:'(

Turned 100 on April 4th. Saturday night he went downhill real fast, to the point that his caretakers had to help him get out of bed. After he ate breakfast Sunday morning (he has to be spoonfed) he went back in his room, laid down on his bed, and has been sleeping ever since. His breathing is getting really rough and you can tell he's struggling to breathe. He was hooked up to morphine to ease any pain, and curled up in a fetal position facing the wall asleep. He didn't awaken again, we just got the call 5 minutes ago :'(

His 100th birthday announcement: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/...WAVE/204010303/General-announcements-Bob-Parr

 

[dmcowen674]

:'(

Turned 100 on April 4th. Saturday night he went downhill real fast, to the point that his caretakers had to help him get out of bed. After he ate breakfast Sunday morning (he has to be spoonfed) he went back in his room, laid down on his bed, and has been sleeping ever since. His breathing is getting really rough and you can tell he's struggling to breathe. He was hooked up to morphine to ease any pain, and curled up in a fetal position facing the wall asleep. He didn't awaken again, we just got the call 5 minutes ago :'(

His 100th birthday announcement: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/...WAVE/204010303/General-announcements-Bob-Parr

Sorry for your loss

 

[lxskllr]

My condolences. 100 years is a good run. I bet he was an interesting guy to talk to.

 

[Printer Bandit]

man, he was born the year the titanic sank...that is old. sorry for your loss. :'(

 

[Analog]

sorry to hear. 100 is quite a feat.

 

[Childs]

Condolences. Living 100 years and being a grandfather is a pretty good way to live. At least he was among loved ones when he passed. My step father was born in that era...used to drive me nuts as he was a cheap bastard due to living during the depression.

ME: "For once just buy Oreos and not Chocolate cookies with cream filling!"
HIM: "But these are only $1! And get those 10 for $1 Van De Kamp's Pork and Beans...you can never have too many cans of pork and beans."

:biggrin:

 

[sixone]

So sorry for your loss.

 

[Stifko]

Sorry about your grandfather passing.

 

[ghost recon88]

My condolences. 100 years is a good run. I bet he was an interesting guy to talk to.

Sure was, had plenty of stories from back in the WWII days, as well as farming stories which was his profession for the majority of his life. Recently I had been thinking about how many things he'd seen in his lifetime, pretty much the entire evolution of the American automobile, as well as the two world wars, and just all the major events of the past 100 years.

 

[RavenSEAL]

Sorry for your loss

100 year is a pretty good run.

 

[SKORPI0]

Sorry to hear about your loss. My condolences.

I would be blessed if live to that age and as healthy as medical technology can help.

 

[marrr]

Sorry for your loss.

 

[nboy22]

Sorry for your loss. I too experienced losing a grandparent recently. My grandma was 78, and was very healthy for her age. She controlled her diabetes through diet, had both knees replaced and was still functioning fine. For the past half year or so, her appetite for meats had completely gone, and she was getting kind of shaky after a few months. After that, she had basically no appetite and changes of personality. She was taken to an MRI after she was unable to get up one morning. They diagnosed her with 2 brain tumors of the most malignant kind, glioblastoma. Prognosis was 6-12 months with chemo. She had a do-not-resuscitate order but they still operated on her and gave her a feeding tube afterwards, but no chemo. After the operation she was never the same, it was like she had a lobotomy and she would recognize everyone but other than a few words here and there, she was completely different and showed very little emotion. She passed away two months later, just last week on easter. Man, it just happened so fast, we all thought we had at least another 15 years with her. Your grandfather lived to be quite old, he was a lucky man, and so were you for getting to have him around for so long!

 

[Kreon]

I'm sorry for your loss.

I lost my grandfather in 2008, it was very tough.

 

[SandEagle]

condolences OP.

never knew any of my gparents. you were lucky to have had so many years with him. RIP.

 

[slightlyhuman]

sorry for your loss=[

 

[ManBearPig]

Sorry for your loss, sounds like he lived a long, good life. Will keep him in my prayers tonight.

 

[wirednuts]

rip gramps. you were like, totally born in the 1900's hahaha

 

[dr150]

My sincere condolences.

I've seen many an elderly relative when they hit that "wall" where they go from normal old to losing mobility or cognition in a VERY short time. It's amazing to witness such a "transformation".

Not very inspiring seeing what I've seen when you hit that wall. My father was the only one lucky enough to have an A-bomb heart attack at 80 and avoid the pitfall of deterioration.

Again, my condolences...

 

[dennilfloss]

Sorry for your loss.