The downside of having a large extended family is that as they age, bad news comes with almost every phonecall home. At least that's how it's been for the last 4 months.
My dad had 88 first cousins, who all married and most had several children which makes for a very large family. We obviously are not really close to them all but we are to many and at the end of the day in our family, "family is family".
Another family member has passed away, sadly from asbestosis, the same condition that my uncle has.
The treatment that we were hopeful of for my uncle has failed and he is declining quickly. He starts another treatment next week.
Gran had a fall trying to escape from her nursing home and broke her hip, she has just had a hip replacement. She fell again trying to escape the hospital and had to have another surgery. She didn't look like she would pull through but they found out she was anaemic and have treated that. She has improved and she should be back at the nursing home this week.
She no longer knows who I am and gets upset trying to remember. The best I can do now is to write and on better days, my family will read her my letters.
Not a positive post, I know. I am having difficulty finding a positive tonight. I'll try again tomorrow.
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