How Fast Time Flies
Recently, during my grandfathers illness I had the opportunity to observe the
drastic changes that can occur when someone has a terminal illness.
Grandpa started to get real sick at the beginning of January, I?d been to the
hospital to see him a few times. The first day I went, which was a Sunday, to see him he
was acting pretty normal, having an ordinary conversation with my mother, grandmother
and I. I?m sure he was in pain, but he wasn?t the type of guy to let anyone know. The
second day I went, which was that following Wednesday, he was a little drugged up on
some pain medication, that the doctors had given him, and was talking silly. It was
humorous to a certain extent and we had a few good laughs out of it, which we all needed,
but my poor grandfather had no idea what he was even saying. The third day I went he
was asleep, the doctors had gave him more of his pain medication and that knocked him
out. This saddened me a lot because the thought of him having to be injected with that
much pain medication meant he
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