Life and Death

Yesterday my grandpa died. It wasn't unexpected since he was on hospice. Still, he had a strong body. I am pretty sure if he hadn't had a DNR they would have been able to save him. However, he was 89 years old and had Parkinson's so badly that dressing him was very much of an ordeal. Plus he has been so hard of hearing and out of it for the last 5 or 6 years you couldn't really talk to him. However, that isn't the grandpa I'll remember. I'll remember the grandpa that made me stuff with my name on it because you couldn't get toys with them. The grandpa that would were silly hats and suspenders. The grandpa that showed me how to grow things, how to drive a tractor and how to butcher a chicken. The grandpa that always had a silly joke to tell us and the one that took my brother and I across the US on a road trip. I'll miss him a lot but in a lot of ways I have already mourned him.


On another note, I don't know if it was stress of yesterday or what but I had a migraine that wouldn't respond to anything yesterday. Multiple Imitrex, Advil, caffeine and even a vicodin. Nothing worked but at least the vicodin made it so I could sleep. I woke up this morning with one still and I am hoping that it will respond today.

Xerxes

Xerxes, originally uploaded by bertine.

This picture is being posted for melissa_maples because she needed cheering up weeks ago and I meant to get this up then.