After my Nana passed away on Friday, I didn’t think anything could get much worse.
This afternoon, my dad had a heart attack.
Thankfully, it wasn’t fatal, but he had to go to the local ER, and then to the General Hospital about an hour away. They did an angiogram and then had to put a stent in his heart to stop the clotting. He went off to hospital around 3:30, and we only just got home from the hospital about 40 minutes ago (11:40pm).
He’s doing well, just a bit light-headed and he is on monitors and everything at the Hospital. Otherwise in good spirits – he’s coherent and was joking about with the nurses. He’ll be there for the next few days, meaning he’ll miss my Nana’s funeral tomorrow afternoon.
Let’s hope things don’t happen in threes in this instance.
I woke up this morning with an absolute feeling of dread and, of course doubting myself, knew that today would be the day I got the call.
I did.
My Nana’s gone. The stubborn, gorgeous, matriarch of my mum’s side of the family is gone. She passed at 9:00am this morning.
I feel… lost. I didn’t spend a heck of a lot of time with her, not like I know many others spend with their grandparents, but every birthday, Christmas and Easter, Mother’s/Father’s Day we’d spend with them. And now she’s gone.
I don’t know what to do next. I’m trying to be a support for my parents but in terms of actually doing anything, I don’t know. This is the first grandparent, first immediate family member that I’ve lost.
Thanks in advance for your support.
Nana – Rest in Peace. No more pain or suffering. We’ll miss you.
We’re all going to die. It’s inevitable. Sometimes it comes unexpectedly, others it is a long and drawn-out process.
My Nana is on her way out, after many years of pain, suffering and heartache. She’s been too stubborn to go up till now, but today was the first time she’s mentioned death, and she was asking about everyone and telling my mum she was going to die.
My heart is in my throat and my stomach is in knots. While I know this had to happen at some point, I don’t know if I’m a hundred percent ready for this one right now – I’ve always seen my Nana as a strong woman, who never took any shit from anyone. She has been a real matriarch, and while I’ve seen her downturn over the last 5 or so years, I still didn’t expect this to happen now.
I went to see a psychic a few weeks ago, and she said the reason I’ve had so many people I know pass away in the last twelve months (4 funerals in 12 months is kind of rough) is because the Universe has seen I’m ready to handle it. I don’t know if I can handle this one…
