It is raining and raining today- the news is talking about lots of flooding, which I hope won't be as bad as 2007. Yesterday my parents and I drove down to Portland (in the rain) to visit my grandpa who was in the hospital. We really didn't visit him- just the rest of the family that was there waiting and waiting for tests and doctors to read the tests and then tell us what they think is the problem. Problem is they don't know. It was NOT a lot of things (stroke, heart attack, infection) but for now, the best guess is maybe dementia? I guess it can be very little by little and then one thing happens (like a fall, or an illness, or something like that) and it can be all at once. It seems like that may be what happened- that is why the first thought was stroke; it was so sudden- he was fine on Saturday, wandering not knowing who he was on Monday. Scary. So for now, we wait, doctors wait, to see what, if anything, changes. He is very old, almost 92, but it will be hard on my mom and her siblings if this is the end. He is my last living grandparent.
