I wondered if this was his last day. An afterthought I had each day for those last nine years my grandfather had spent the remainder of his life in a hospital bed in my family’s home after having suffered the debilitating effects of a stroke as a side effect of having stopped taking his antibiotics as his doctor had prescribed. As my …show more content…
My brother protested to stay with him through it all, “If I were grandpa, I would rather have my loved ones around me. At the very least, it is better that we stay here. If you guys will not let him die at home, it is best that we let him die by our side.” In the end, our stubbornness and overwhelming sense of sadness prompted us to leave without realizing that it was the last time he would be physically next to us alive and breathing after having passed away several hours later that