Friday, April 13, 2007

Update on my Grandfather

I am posting this here, just to keep everyone updated. I can't remember who I have told what, and I am too tired to keep up with it. A spreadsheet might help.

My grandfather was moved back to the assisted living place via ambulance yesterday. They can have one hospice person there and luckily (?) that person just passed away, so he can go back and be with people that he sort of knows.

Per the doctor yesterday, he was worse yesterday than the day before, which is to be expected. The expectation is numbered in days, rather than weeks.

Since my dad is on Spring Break right now, they are doing all of the arrangements ahead of time. They went to the funeral home yesterday, to arrange for cremation, then interment at Fort Rosecrans, the military cemetery in San Diego. It is right on Pt. Loma, with a beautiful view of the bay. Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of real estate.

They are also visiting lawyers, as my grandparents had a living trust for their properties and business, and dad will need to unwind that, then redo their (dad and Jody) wills to reflect the changes.

I still don't know what to do, flight-wise. Dad and Jody are telling me not to come, that he won't know me, he doesn't know them, and that it just upsets him. I feel like I 'should' be there, but don't want to be in the way, or cause him any additional distress. There is literally nothing I can do for him.


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