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So my Grandfather of 92 (good innings and all that) has just been told his ruptured ulcer in inoperable because he's so old, and that he's basically going to die shortly. Next 24 hours or so. Nothing to be done.
I can't go to visit him until 6pm because I have been nominated to stay here and run what is essentially a family-run business, so chances are I won't get to see him before he goes. Brilliant.
Originally posted by omni_paul:
So my Grandfather of 92 (good innings and all that) has just been told his ruptured ulcer in inoperable because he's so old, and that he's basically going to die shortly. Next 24 hours or so. Nothing to be done.
I can't go to visit him until 6pm because I have been nominated to stay here and run what is essentially a family-run business, so chances are I won't get to see him before he goes. Brilliant.
Death is fs.
Awful news.
Is the business not the type that could be shuttered for a day or two? Maybe it's the shock of the news, but I would think a business could be closed for a day or two for a family emergency such as this?
Unfortunately no. It's a quite large company which can't get by without 1/3 of the senior managers who are all family. I happen to be one of them.
I may or may not get to see him. In actual fact I get the feeling from my mother that she'd rather be alone with him and my grandmother. She's a bit funny like that, tends to take complete ownership of any hardships that afflict the family and it becomes all about how she's coping. Like when my sister lost her second baby, everyone seemed to be more concerned about my mother's emotional wellbeing than my sister's. Anyway.
Sorry to hear that m8. Maybe get someone who have visited him, e.g another family member who is senior enough, to sit in for you for a couple of hours?
Because before the night my grandfather died, I was busy the whole day not to see him. Later it transpired that he wanted to see me before he passed. Do your best to go down my friend.
Sorry to hear that mate. My nan's been seriously ill for about 3 years and she's in a wheelchair and has to have carers round all the time.....it's horrible.....really hope you got to see him
Death is fs 
Do your best to go down my friend.
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