Update on Pop

Many of my friends have been asking how my grandfather (aka Pop) is doing. I thank you all for your kind words of advice, thoughts and prayers. Mike and I went home this past weekend to see him, and I am really glad that we did. One day that I was there, he was sitting up, listening, talking and even cracking a joke or two like his normal self. I am happy that I will get to remember him this way. As of this morning, he is not able to sit up in bed anymore. The family doctor is going to make a house call today and try to get his pain under control. We are hoping he will be able to remain at home where he wants to be. My mother is staying there to help my grandmother out and various family members and friends are helping to take care of him as my grandma is pretty overwhelmed and scared. My mom signed DNR papers yesterday, and we all just hope that he will suffer as little as possible through all of this. I love Pop so much, but the thought of him suffering with all that pain is worse than losing him. I think my family feels that way, also. He said to me when I was visiting with him this weekend, "Lori, I just can't believe this is happening to me!" It must be frustrating to count on your body for 84 years and then have it fail you. He has been such a fighter his whole life for one thing or another, an incredibly resilient man of quiet strength and always full of happiness and warmth. I'm sure it frustrates him to know that he can't beat this. No matter what, though, he knows he is loved.