It was all so sudden. She was 92 years old and never had any health problems. Two weeks ago on Sat. she started havinf chest pains and went to the ER. She had a massive heart attack. She was put in CCU. My sister and I stayed with her that first night. She told us she was ready to die. She wanted to be with family that had gone on before her. Being nurses we accepted this, and the fact she may pass on. The next day she seemed better and was moved to a regular room. I tried to discuss what we needed to do if she needed life support. My aunt would not talk about it to me. My grandmother was better and would go home. On Sunday night she resp. arrested and they put her on life support. My Granny did not want this. We signed a DNR after that. My granny came around for a few hours on Mon. She asked me to take the tube out!! She did not want it. She tried to pull it out, so they tied her hands down. Her heart was giving out. But the lung dr told us "She is fine she will pull through this and take her home" Several of her grandchildren are nurses and EMTs we could see her slowly dieing. Ga law would not let us take the tube out without two physicians signing the order and they would not do it because they do not want to run the risk of being sued for anything. She was on life support for 7 days. They called us all in on Sunday night, she had another heart attack. She died 2 min. before I could get to the room. I would have make it but a sec. guard stopped dh and me to have us sign in and ID us. It was just so hard to watch her die slowly over 7 days.. Knowing there was nothing to be done. We had the service on Wed. of this week. My dad is taking it very hard, as well as my aunt. This was my last granny. It was hard, I had to help make the arrangements. I take comfort that she is in Heven with those who went before her. Please pray for my family. I do not want anything to happen to my dad or aunt, and I am afraid it might. My dad is in very poor health. Thank you for listening I just needed to talk about it. But she is our angel in heven now, and thats what gets me through. Thanks Dana
I am so sorry for your loss, but you are right, she is an angel in Heaven. I lost my Grandpa in October of 2003. You and your family are in my prayers. God Bless!
Dana..I am sorry about your Grandmother. I had to do the same thing with my father in law 2 yrs ago. I hope that you are ok and that your family can talk about it.
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This is awful. I too lost my last grandma (and the last remaining alive in this world grandparent) August 2003, a year ago already. My grandma's dying was very hard to get through.
I literally buried her in an old graveyard in Council Bluffs, IA, in a section my family bought back in like 1910 or something. I had to drop the urn in the ground, my mother could not do it and fell apart. Just awful.
I know though in my heart that my grandma is in the arms of God.
I wish I knew the magic words to give you comfort but I will be praying for you.
Also, it ain't your fault you were not there when she died. She was ready to go as you said, and it sounds like a very brave and faithful servant to God. What a blessing she must have been to you all.
She knows you love her and I am sure she is happy right now although you miss her dearly.
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Thank you all for the support and prayers. It does help. Just knowing she is with God is getting the family through this. We are talking about it and her life. We have so many great stories about her to share with each other. Again I want to thank you all for thinking of us at this time. Love Dana
I am so sorry for your loss. I can feel your pain, which for me is still very fresh. On aug 17, 2004 my grandpa went into the hospital for surgery, he did fine but an hour after the surgery he had 2 strokes one on each side of his brain. I spent the next 3 days living with my father and his sibbling and my grandma at the hospital before we brought him to my aunts house to die. My grandpa passed away on the 22 of Aug surrounded by his wife, 5 of his 6 kids and some of there spouses, my mom, my brother and I. Sometimes now I wonder if it would be easier on me if I hadn't been there that whole time or if having been there will help me heal more. When my grandpa took his last breath I was acrossed the room hugging my uncle who has hip problems and couldn't get up to crowd around his bed. In some ways I wish I had been closer, but I truly believe that if grandpa had wanted me to see it I would have.
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My Grandmother passed away 
