Tomorrow is the day that my grandpa is finally ready to leave the nursing home and get back to his home. His spirit has been ready to leave since day one, but his body has needed a little time to catch up.
After a bout with pneumonia that started six weeks ago, he was hospitalized for almost two weeks. When he refused a feeding tube, he was sent to a nursing home for physical therapy and a time of recuperation.
I visited him a month ago, right after he was transferred to the nursing home, and I didn't think he was going to make it back home. Ever.
I'm thankful he will.
Here's my grandpa this past Thanksgiving. We celebrated Christmas at Thanksgiving because my whole family was able to be together at that time. Grandpa is watching Evan, my older brother's oldest son, open his gifts.
Evan and his little brother Wyatt live next door to Grandpa, and their almost daily visits will soon resume. Grandpa loves visits from his great-grandkids. And he's always suitably ready... with a gallon of vanilla ice cream in the freezer, Cokes in the fridge, Pringles potato chips in the cabinets, and on the counters, Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies and Starlight mints. Is it any wonder the kids love visiting?
Throw in a trek across the farm to see the Angus cattle and the barn cats while riding in grandpa's truck, where they don't get fastened into car seats or even wear seatbelts... it's sheer freedom for the little ones.
And being back home for Grandpa will also feel like freedom, too.
"Remember your word to your servant,
for you have given me hope.
My comfort in my suffering is this:
Your promise preserves my life."
Psalm 119:49, 50
7 comments:
Thank God for your Granpa (though he does look young).
As his days, so shall his strength be.
God bless you.
Rejoicing for your grandpa! Mine is struggling in a hospital right now, and I pray that we have the same turn around.
I'm so glad everyone will get to be back where they belong! Home for Grandpa, and over visiting for the kids! What a wonderful blessing for your whole family!
I think I'll visit Grandpa too! The man has got some snacks! :)
So glad he's coming home.
Hugs~
Fran
Praise God that your grandfather is doing better, will keep praying for him.
Thanks for stopping by. This book will cahnge your life-I promise.
I am so thankful for you and your family that your grand-pa (great-grandpa) will be back home. I am glad that he feels well enough to move back home and live independently.
Thank you so much for sharing your grateful heart with us this week.
Be blessed today and always.
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