Published On: 07-19-2006 06:36 AM
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It has been a very eventful day. I started out by staying the night at a friends house. That was a blast! We stayed up til past 4:30 AM on our laptops foruming across the WWW. I eventually got tired and turned the T.V. off along with the lights and decided to hit the hay. Early in the morning my friend's mom had a bunch of people come over for home interiors and they talked really loud and I couldn't back to sleep. That was probably about 8:00 AM. So I got up, walked around a little bit while rubbing the sleep from my eyes. My phone starting vibrating and my sister was calling me. She told me that her and the rest of my family were going to Grandpa's in an hour. Now under normal circumstances I would have said "Whatever have fun!" The only problem is that my Grandpa has cancer and so I wanted to spend every moment I could with him. So I picked up all of my stuff and walked down the street to my house!

When I got home I decided that I felt dirty so I took a shower and felt refreshed! I decided to get on the internet because that seems to be my life these days! Sometimes I don't even stop to eat... no I am just joking I am a 15 year old boy how could I not eat? So I was on the computer until my sister picked us up to go to Grandpa's. My Grandpa lives about 2 hours away from us and so I don't ge to see him very often and so when I do actually get to see him it is nice! I had a hard time on the ride there finding a comfortable position to sleep because I couldn't lay down. I did sleep though! Trust me when you are running on 4 hours of sleep you can sleep anywhere! We got to my Grandpa's house and I got to see my relatives again (I just saw them 2 nights ago). There was my Uncle Nick, and Rob, and my Aunt Sara and her boyfriend. My Mom has been there for a few days. My Grandma Pat was also there she was in with my Grandpa.

When we got there we were told that Grandpa looks a lot worse than he did two days ago and that he probably wasn't going to make it through the month. My mom told us that she would take us in to see my Grandpa so that we could talk to him. She said that he would not respond because he can't, but he knows that we are there and that makes him happy. When I walked into his room nothing could've prepared me for what I saw. My Grandpa was thinner than me he was laying in his bed propped up so that he could watch T.V. My Grandma Pat was holding his hand and taking good care of him. She was a nurse for many years so I know he was in good care. It was really emotional going into that room with my family. My sister's were both crying along with my mom and I was just speechless. I didn't know how a disease could do something like that to a person. My Grandpa's mouth was permanently open and he was wheezing when he breathed. I couldn't say anything to him and neither could any of my sisters. They just cried.

Things lightened up later because we figured we had to take our minds off of the current situation somehow. My Uncle Nick is the king of horror videos and my little sister hadn't seen Saw 2 yet so we decided to watch that. It was pretty good the second time around and I made connections when I watched it again. After that was done I went inside and had a roastbeef sandwich that was very delicous (sp). They have a pool at there house and so my sister and I decided to go have a swim. We played with the little toys in the pool  that sink to the bottom. We were trying to see who could get the most in one breath! I won! After the pool we met my Mom and Uncle Rob out by the pond and tried to catch goldfish because they were overpopulating the pond. In all my efforts I caught a total of 0 goldfish. My mom caught 5 in the time she was there. Those boogers are fast!My Uncle Nick is in the Navy and he had pictures of Spain and we looked at those for awhile. 99% of the pictures Nick had were of him and his buddies drunk on their nights off!

My sister told us that we had to go and so we did. I said my goodbyes to everyone and we were off. Again I was very tired and I was trying to find a good position to sleep in and well I did and I slept my way home. I woke up about 15 minutes away from the house and my mom called my sister on her cell. My mom was talking to Jillian for like two seconds and Jill's phone died. Jill used my other sisters phone to call back but there was no answer. We got home and my Dad greeted us. He was teary eyed. When we walked in he said "I just got off the phone with your mother, your grandpa just passed away about ten minutes ago." I was speechless. I stood there looking at him, I wasn't sure if I was going to cry or if I was going to punch a hole in the wall. I held in my feelings as best I could because I am the type of person who likes to deal with their feelings on their own. My sisters went through another crying session and again I wasn't sure what to do. I couldn't cry but I was definitely feeling the pain. My dad told us that Grandpa Lucky died the way he wanted to. With his family by his side. Everbody was in the room with Lucky until the moment he passed. My Uncle Rob couldn't take it so he was outside the room as far as I know. My Grandpa was holding on to his life as hard as he could because he wanted to see his son, Alex before he passed. Alex had just arrived at O'Hare when my Grandpa was dieing. Grandma Pat and my Mom told Grandpa to relax and just let it happen and that everbody loved him. After Lucky passed my Mom called Alex and was going to tell him Lucky died but he said that he already knew. I accept death just as much as I accept life. I am sad for my Grandpa's death, but what makes me more sad is seeing how it is effecting people. Life is going to be rough the next few weeks, but we will see how I handle it.

Published On: 07-17-2006 03:51 PM
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Hi everybody this is my first entry in Zoints and I hope to sometime get the forums I am a part of into this network! Today is not going to be fun for me because I have to pack for a trip on top of cook everything for my family, remember I am only 15 so I am not too good at doing either of those!