Jeromy's Grandpa

On Thursday night, we received a phone call from Jeromy's mom informing us that his grandpa was being admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. His grandpa has been very sick for the past four years. In February? of 2004 he was in a serious accident where a semi truck ran a red light and hit his minivan as he was turning left. At that time, we thought he would not make it. But, God healed him. Since that time he has been in and out of the hospital. After his last bout in the hospital Aunt Jo and Garnetta decided that they would order a DNR. So now that brings us to today.

Garnetta called us yesterday morning to tell us that it wasn't looking good. Without tubing him and placing him on a ventilator he would probably pass away either Monday or Tuesday. Obviously, Jeromy wanted to be down in Dayton with his family. So I headed to Clay to prepare my things for a substitute for the next two days, we packed, and then headed down the road.

When we arrived, Aunt Jo, Grandma, and Jamie were leaving after a long hard day. Grandma is also sick and she had been there for about six hours. Grandpa was awake but unresponsive the entire time we were there. We stayed until about 9:30 p.m. (with a short dinner break). Before leaving we learned that the doctor wanted to take him off his BPAP machine. By doing this, it would not be much longer before he passed. Garnetta decided (after Jamie called Aunt Jo) that we would wait to remove the machine when Grandma could be there in the morning.

So, that's where we are now. I am out in the waiting room because the room was too crowded. Jeromy said he would let me know if anything happened....As I wrote that Jamie came out to bring me some milk. She said the doctor hasn't even been in yet. So, we are still waiting.