Set up for death

• gerb131

  

  My one set of grandparents just moved into a home in Zanesville. Grandma is 88 and just had another stroke, Grandpa is 89 and has bad als and dementia since he was in his 70's.
  The other set is on the rocks as well. They are both in care and in the late 80's as well.
  My unlce is in care he is 62 with horrible dementia and als as well.
  Going to be a rough couple years but I'm happy to have both sets of Grandparents alive and able to meet my kid.
• Ironman92

  

  Enjoy them....grandparents are great.
• sherm03

  

  Sad to hear that man...but enjoy the time while you have it.
  
  I wish my grandparents were around still.
• Ironman92

  

  I still have my 85 year old grandma and she is hilarious. She drives a 1997 candy apple red Honda Prelude with 34,000 miles.
• O-Trap

  

  Ironman92;1424949 wrote:I still have my 85 year old grandma and she is hilarious. She drives a 1997 candy apple red Honda Prelude with 34,000 miles.

  "Drives" seems like too extreme a word for a 16-year-old car with 34K miles.
• hasbeen

  

  Never met my grandfather on either side. It's a real bummer.
• Pick6

  

  Ironman92;1424949 wrote:I still have my 85 year old grandma and she is hilarious. She drives a 1997 candy apple red Honda Prelude with 34,000 miles.

  A Prelude...thats awesome.
  
  Still have all of my grandparents except one of by grandmas. She had cancer, but didnt die from it. When she was getting radiation the doctor messed up her intestines.
  
  Still also have 2 great grandmas and 2 great grandpas.
• Ironman92

  

  Pick6;1424955 wrote:A Prelude...thats awesome.
  
  Still have all of my grandparents except one of by grandmas. She had cancer, but didnt die from it. When she was getting radiation the doctor messed up her intestines.
  
  Still also have 2 great grandmas and 2 great grandpas.

  
  How old are you?
• Ironman92

  

  O-Trap;1424951 wrote:"Drives" seems like too extreme a word for a 16-year-old car with 34K miles.

  
  She breaks it out on the county roads every other Sunday afternoon.....most of her out of town trips are for her Toyota Rav
• Pick6

  

  Ironman92;1424964 wrote:How old are you?

  21 yrs and 9 months old.
• Ironman92

  

  Pick6;1424976 wrote:21 yrs and 9 months old.

  
  Damn.....so young
• GoChiefs

  

  hasbeen;1424952 wrote:Never met my grandfather on either side. It's a real bummer.

  
  Same. Plus one grandmother died when I was 5, and the only one living is a total bitch and I have nothing to do with her. So, I've had no relationship with any grandparents.
• Ironman92

  

  My parents were "ha ha" young when I was born. I had 5 grandmas and 5 grandpas when I was born.....only 4 years from 6 of each. Up until my daughter was 8 years old we had 5 generations......using the same 92 year old grandma and my baby happy relatives in Nelsonville....they missed 6 generations by just 2 years. Lol
• Mohican00

  

  just lost my step grandmother 2 weeks before Christmas and my great grandmother on Christmas. She was 98....quitter
• justincredible

  

  My grandma is a boss. She raises cattle. She will never die.
  
  Seriously, though. She's me hero.
• O-Trap

  

  My grandpa is currently 93 (at age 30, he married a woman 12 years younger ... like a boss). Though my grandmother passed away about 15 years ago, he has still gone on and had a good time. He's got a girlfriend in her 70s. After two replaced knees, he still walks 5 miles a day. Drives well. Vacations frequently. Buys a new Cadillac every year. He's still completely independent.
  
  I swear, he's not all human.
• Curly J

  

  justincredible;1425216 wrote:My grandma is a boss. She raises cattle. She will never die.
  
  Seriously, though. She's me hero.

  
  Would rep but the asshat of an Admin won't allow it.
  
  I have only one Grandparent left. She's 94 and in decent health as any 94 years old woman would be. She still drives and her mind is still there. Her hearing is a different story.
  
  Had one grandpa die when he was 49. Brain Tumor brought on by Black Lung. My Dad was only 4 or 5 when that happened. My other grandpa died at age 62. My other grandma died at age 95 back in 1995...on my daughter's birthday of all days.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  justincredible;1425216 wrote:My grandma is a boss. She raises cattle. She will never die.
  
  Seriously, though. She's me hero.

  
  You're my hero. @hearts
• GOONx19

  

  I still have two grandmas and one grandpa. The other grandpa died of a stroke two years ago. He was my biggest role model and I still think about him all the time. My last great-grandparent died when I was six, and she was 106.
• gerb131

  

  Take the good with the bad I spose as my mom was only alive 6 months after kid was born.
  Those 90 and uppers were born and raised in a different generation. Grandma and Granpa took care of a 100 acre farm in Zanesville until they moved in the home. Now the fight begins to keep that farm in good hands ie mine and my brothers.
• HitsRus

  

  Enjoy your grandparents and parents as long as you can, and remember as they age they will need your help.
  Life is too short.