Well last year my grandfather had 2 "mini strokes", january this year he had another mini stroke.. and then in April this year he had a very large stroke that left him with a month in hospital and 3 months in a rehab centre. He has been home for only 3 months and the nurses have said he probably will not improve anymore. He lost all movement to one side of his body, his bladder does not work properly and he is only able to manage to drag his leg while he walks with a walking frame. He gave up trying to write, because he didnt think he could ever do it, and he no longer wants to go in his many sheds to do what he used to do in there. He is bound to a wheelchair and my nana is his slave as he would not let her leave him alone with anyody else becauses she helps him go to the toilet and reminds him to take his pills etc.. His memory is very bad too.
Well last weekend, he had another stroke. Not a bad one, but many of the things he has re-learnt to do he has forgotton again. He doesnt know the date, or simple things he usually would know.
I am afraid. My dad is afraid for his father and everybody including my grandfather is afraid.
He is a ticking time bomb. My mother and I have feared that next year we may not only have a new birth, but we may also have a death in the family.
We are a very close family and love each other very much and would never hope things would be bad, but it is very hard to come to terms with the fact that he WILL die, and in the near future. He is about 72, so not that old, but only a year ago, he was so fit and was riding motorbikes around. Its just so sad and hard. My granmotheris getting tired of him as he is so demanding. She said that she enjoyed her rest while he went to hospital on the weekend. I just dont know what to think. What to do, or how to cope with all of this.