[Poseidon]

When gf1 went down I created a thread on 92b.

Basically it consisted of my granddad being diagnosed with cancer, he went to a hospice 2 weeks ago, which i've seen him almost every day since then.

Just my update:

Went to the hospice last night, finished work at 8, went straight there and left at around 10ish. Been going every day for the last week or so.

My Aunt rang me at 9am this morning whilst at work saying that they got a phone call from the hospice at 10:30pm for them to go to the hospice, he passed away at 11:30pm.

I was debating not going last night, whilst at work, i've been really worn out recently, but decided to go (incase he did pass last night and i'd have kicked myself if i hadnt have seen him last night). I'm glad I went, I was alone and found myself talking to him, it was weird because although he couldnt talk to me, he would respond occasionally by sqeezing my hand slightly, or by raising his eye brows or a little smirk.

We've been expecting it to happen all week, we all said goodbye to him, and finally his suffering has stopped, and he's gone to a better place. Although he felt no pain (was on a lot of morphine), we tryed to make him as comfortable as possible. Members of the family was there pretty much from 6am to 11-12pm, so all day round he had our support.