Life is short

Life is short. Changes can be made at the drop of a dime. The reason I say this, is because my 92 year old great grandmother( who was previously healthy) had a massive stroke last tuesday. Most of us call her Granny. Granny is 92 and lived on her own. She watched the braves game until 11 o clock the sat before it happened. My cousins found her at her home. She had suffered a massive stroke, and had been down for quite a while. I went down to the ER after work hoping to see her, but by the time i was able to report off my patients, they already had assigned her room and were ready to take her up there. I went ahead and went up to the room with the rest of the family. We all jumbled in the room ( maybe ten of us). It was heartbreaking to see her like that. Seeing someone you love totally in a different light than normal can be gutwrenching, and it was. I was on call, so i went into an open room and made a phone call to a patient. My dad runs in the room and says that something is happening to my uncle steve i have to hurry up and get in there. I hang up on the patient, and run in there. He is pale as a ghost. He had passed out, and meanwhile hit his head on the window seal. He had a gash above his eyebrow. We took his blood pressure because he didn't look too good, and it was extremely low. We took a second trip down to the ER. He was stitched up and sent home. I was walking to go see my sister at work, when i look over outside the ER and my sweet sweet boyfriend is walking in with a dozen daisies... My favorite. He is the sweetest thing ever. Such a charm. Well, everyday last week i spent my breakfast lunch and dinner with granny at her bedside. I worked on the same floor, so it was convenient. The decision was made to move her to hospice. It has been such an easy transition for all of us. The nurses and doctors there are great. It is a wonderful place to be. I hope that my granny will go on to heaven soon so that she won't have to suffer any more. At this point, it is just a waiting game. We're all "on call". When we hear the word, we will rush down to hospice to hopefully make it for her last breaths.

This whole experience has really brought a light to my eyes. My granny, the one i thought was so health and strong, is on her deathbed right now. How could this happen? It goes to show me that anything can happen. Life IS short. We all should live it that way. I think if more people thought they only had 24 hours to live, they would be doing a lot of things different. Why not do that everyday now? It would just make sense. It also seems that if we truly lived life as if there was no tomorrow, we would live a life full of NO regrets. Regrets such as not visiting granny in the past two or three months because of my hectic schedule. I should have MADE time for her. Now, it is too late for me to do that. My only plea is that people, OPEN YOUR EYES. God has given us all a wonderful plate (if you will.. of course i am displaying life as food).. We need to learn how to enjoy what is on our plate and not worry about other things. We need to utilize what God has given us.

I hope that this was not too sappy or boring for anybody, but It was on my mind and i wanted to share it. I hope that whoever reads this will get something from it. I know this whole situation has sparked a plug in me. Live life for God. Everything else will fall into place. LOve you and God Bless,

linds