Oh, GL, I am so sorry to hear this.  

Remember that most of the time, people with aphasia understand you perfectly well-- they just can't make the words, or think of them, to communicate with you.

So please talk to her, and encourage others to do the same, EVEN if she may not appear to be fully conscious at times.

Encourage her, tell her about your day, your kids, your baby-to-be, all of it.  

And take care of yourself, too.

Love,
Robin

GL - sending kind thoughts and prayers for your grandmother.

So sorry to hear about your Grandmother GL.
I`ll be thinking of you all.
Lynne

Hugs to you GL. Our prayers go out to you both.

I am so sorry this has happened.

djm

I am so sorry to hear this GL,I hope that your grandmother will be ok,  my thoughts go out to you and your family

Joia

Oh GL!  I am so sorry to hear of this news, be with her and take care of yourself.

GL,
All my love and prayers to you and your family.  I will be thinking of your beloved Grandmother tonight.  What an endearing story about straightening her ERs.  She seems like a wonderful, determined, woman – her loving Granddaughter is a testament to her charm and strength of character.  You know she has us all in her corner...
T

Thinking about you and your Grandma, GL.  I'll be off to bed soon and sparing a prayer or two.

GL, I'm still sending you and your family good thoughts.  Hope you are OK. 

Thank you all so much for your warm thoughts.  This has been a very rough week.  As I mentioned, when I went to visit my grandmother last Tuesday she was conscious and in good spirits though she had lost her ability to speak.  By Wednesday morning she could no longer open her eyes and had completely lost the ability to swallow.  By Thursday, they felt the stroke had peaked and there was only a 2% chance that she would come out of it at all if a feeding tube was inserted, and even then there was no way to know how much consciousness, if any, she would recover.  Given that she has been clear with us all for many years now that she had no desire to live in such a state of being, her sons had to make the very painful decision to forego the feeding tube and transfer her to hospice care in her own room.  Once she was there she looked so much more peaceful.  She is in her own space and her own nightgowns with all of her loved ones around her.  I never thought it would be so hard to let go given that she has lived such a long, wonderful life, but it has been very tough all around and is now just a waiting game of minutes, hours or days.

I so appreciate having you all at CDI for support and escape, and though I have not felt in the spirit of posting, I have been lurking and enjoying all the wonderful beauties you have snapped up, the pet updates and the pictures of T's wedding.  Thank you all for being there even while I am not able to.  You're the best!    

Words are never enough and it's so difficult to say what I want.  So I'm going to send you tons of hugs.

 

Keep strong.

GL, that is really tough news. I'm so sorry.