Grandpa Bill going to hospital
I just received this email... I'm really conflicted right now.
I have a complicated and unresolved relationship with my mom's side of the family, specifically my grandfather. If you know the story, you know why - but I'm not getting into that here. It's not worth it.
Healthwise, my grandfather is a type-1 diabetic, with a third kidney transplanted from my aunt (his 5th child) 20-something years ago. He's been in and out of the hospital for years, and his health is often failing. He's had infections in his feet and legs for years. Like most lifelong diabetics, he can't feel below his mid-leg. His wife (not my grandmother, his 2nd wife) is also a diabetic whose health is failing. And my great-uncle Bob, his younger brother, died of complications from his diabetes several years back.
My siblings and I have know for years that his health was failing. At the bad times, we've said that at least we hope we'd get some money when he died. At the worst moment, my mom was talking of asking him to take us out of the will.
Yet, still, he should be prayed for. He is, for all his many faults and transgressions, my mother's father, the reason my mom is here (and therefore, the reason I'm here).
Pray, simply, for the best situation, whatever that may be. And pray for my family. Whatever happens here, his ill health may again raise issues.
And, geesh, my brain is addled with this.
P.S. if you want to know more about his health, the history of his diabetes, >my mom has written about it here.
-----Message-----
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 18:50:24 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
From: alicia (mom)
To: me & my siblings
Subject: Fw:grandpa Bill going to hospital
-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Uncle Bill
Sent: Feb 7, 2006 5:26 PM
To: my mom & her siblings
Subject: Dad going to hospital
Hi All:
I just got a call from David telling me that right now Dad is checking into UCLA Medical Center (310-xxx-xxxx) to have some sort of surgery. I think he said an angioplasty is needed to open the veins in his leg so that the wound(s) on his feet can get better blood flow in order to heal. Apparently, the wounds have not healed for many weeks (months?).
Pray for his recovery and the surgeon's skill & good judgment.
Love, Bill
posted by jess @ 10:27 PM
3 Comments:
did you get the email from C? I have more conflicted feelings about that, being that I am requested to "donate" at least $20 towards the wheelchair fund...I am supposed to give money to my financially well-off and extremely well insured father when I am having serious financial difficulty myself! Not to mention any negative feelings I may have towards him at this point, and the fact I haven't spoken to him in nearly 2 years...I don't think so! Also, to Jen and Nicole...the situation has gotten worse, while waiting for the surgery he had a mild heart attack so now he is in cardiac intensive care for now.
Medicaid should pay for a wheelchair. Some one was a little too quick off the mark in buying one on ebay.
As always...my prayers are with you. I hope all turns out well for everyone involved.
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