In the Hospital

Yesterday Royal told me that his parents were at the hospital. My first thought was that his dad had another infection around his heart. He has had several since having since having heart surgery almost 5 years ago.

This time however it was his grandfather who was in the emergency room. He is in his 70's but not doing well. He was the main caregiver to Royal's grandmother and great-great aunt for a long time. The great aunt passed away a few months back but then his wife (Royal's grandmother) was dianosed with cancer. In all honesty these three people should not have be living alone. The grandpa refused to go into a home because he didn't want to lose his dogs. Well right before the great aunt passed she fell and the grandpa picked her up and they think he broke his back doing it. Since then he has been on heavy medication which has in turn messed up his stomach. They did an x-ray and his stomach is 10x bigger than normal.

I hope when I get to this age I am not so proud that I don't ask for help when I need it.