Look for me in rainbows
My gran was diagnosed with copd in 2011, it was due to her smoking for most of her life, she was always a small woman but the disease rendered her house bound and she suffered from extreme muscle waste, this made her weak and she didn't eat much she was in a lot of pain. My gran was the backbone of my family. We are not perfect and everyone bickers but the one thing everyone always agrees on is my gran was an incredible woman. She suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) it is a painful and fatal disease with no cure. She suffered a lot, but always put on a smile for her family, she always had something to say and was very quick and witty. She was an incredibly intelligent woman who had been through …show more content…
The doctors had found pneumonia in my grans lungs, and because she was old, frail and had copd her immune system was too weak to fight it, my mum and my big sister drove up to the hospital to see my gran, she had been put into her own room and for the next 4 days all of my aunties, uncles some of my cousins, my sister and my mum sat next to my gran in her room, they were sleeping in the hospital, trying to make sure my gran was comfortable. I wasn’t aloud to go up and see my gran, although my grans neighbour who is a close family friend offered to take me up because my mum wouldn't argue with her, but i said no because i was too scared. I had been spending nights in the house either on my own or my friends would stay, the night before my gran passed two of my best friends were there to keep me company, we woke up to the sound of the front door opening, i knew something was wrong right away, i followed my mum into the kitchen and we made eye contact we both knew what was going on, she simply shook her head, and it was if someone had just ripped the floor from under my feet, instead of crying or breaking down, i stood in silence, i couldn't comprehend it, i was so over run with emotion that i just went completely numb. One of my friends had to leave and my other friend, claire stayed …show more content…
As we drove to the crematorium i was numb again, the drive felt like it lasted forever until we finally arrived as me and my sister stood waiting for the car to arrive with my grans coffin i spotted my mum on the other side of the road she looked in s much pain, i just wanted to make it better for her, but i was barely able to control myself, the funeral was a blur, the only thing i remember was the poem that was read out, but more specifically i remember the first verse “time for me to go now, i wont say goodbye; look for me in rainbow, way up in the sky. In the morning sunrise when all the world is new, just look for me and love me, as you know i loved
My gran was diagnosed with copd in 2011, it was due to her smoking for most of her life, she was always a small woman but the disease rendered her house bound and she suffered from extreme muscle waste, this made her weak and she didn't eat much she was in a lot of pain. My gran was the backbone of my family. We are not perfect and everyone bickers but the one thing everyone always agrees on is my gran was an incredible woman. She suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) it is a painful and fatal disease with no cure. She suffered a lot, but always put on a smile for her family, she always had something to say and was very quick and witty. She was an incredibly intelligent woman who had been through …show more content…
The doctors had found pneumonia in my grans lungs, and because she was old, frail and had copd her immune system was too weak to fight it, my mum and my big sister drove up to the hospital to see my gran, she had been put into her own room and for the next 4 days all of my aunties, uncles some of my cousins, my sister and my mum sat next to my gran in her room, they were sleeping in the hospital, trying to make sure my gran was comfortable. I wasn’t aloud to go up and see my gran, although my grans neighbour who is a close family friend offered to take me up because my mum wouldn't argue with her, but i said no because i was too scared. I had been spending nights in the house either on my own or my friends would stay, the night before my gran passed two of my best friends were there to keep me company, we woke up to the sound of the front door opening, i knew something was wrong right away, i followed my mum into the kitchen and we made eye contact we both knew what was going on, she simply shook her head, and it was if someone had just ripped the floor from under my feet, instead of crying or breaking down, i stood in silence, i couldn't comprehend it, i was so over run with emotion that i just went completely numb. One of my friends had to leave and my other friend, claire stayed …show more content…
As we drove to the crematorium i was numb again, the drive felt like it lasted forever until we finally arrived as me and my sister stood waiting for the car to arrive with my grans coffin i spotted my mum on the other side of the road she looked in s much pain, i just wanted to make it better for her, but i was barely able to control myself, the funeral was a blur, the only thing i remember was the poem that was read out, but more specifically i remember the first verse “time for me to go now, i wont say goodbye; look for me in rainbow, way up in the sky. In the morning sunrise when all the world is new, just look for me and love me, as you know i loved