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AZSkiffyGeek

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26. When my grandparents passed away

Reply to malaise (Reply #10)

Fri Nov 17, 2023, 07:56 PM

Nov 2023

My grandmother was very sick with cancer. When they moved her to hospice, my grandfather (who had pretty bad dementia - she did too) said, "This is a dying place, isn't it? I don't need to worry about taking care of Mary anymore."
That night he went downhill incredibly fast and died the next morning.
When we went to tell her that he had passed, she said the same thing, "I don't need to worry about taking care of him."
She died the next day.

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Breaking Rosalynn Carter just started hospice care [View all] malaise Nov 2023 OP

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear this. I loved her, along w/ Pres. Carter SWBTATTReg Nov 2023 #1

I have mixed feelings malaise Nov 2023 #3

i bet there will b very little time in between their passings. mopinko Nov 2023 #6

I have a childhood friend malaise Nov 2023 #10

Not long after my grandmother died after 65 years of marriage, NYC Liberal Nov 2023 #17

People who are married for longer than most lives can't survive without one another malaise Nov 2023 #19

it happens. mopinko Nov 2023 #23

I had been trying to get my dad (77) to go into the hospital back in 1992 for a really good checkup LiberalArkie Nov 2023 #24

Wow! malaise Nov 2023 #27

Yea, The wills were really screwed as he and mom thought he would go first due to the asbestos in WW2 LiberalArkie Nov 2023 #30

PTL sure fleeced lots of good folks out of their money. malaise Nov 2023 #31

When my grandparents passed away AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2023 #26

Oh my goodness malaise Nov 2023 #29

Tweety just said that he expects Jimmy to join her shortly malaise Nov 2023 #38

Rosalyn & Jimmy BittyJenkins Nov 2023 #2

And Jimmy is awful handy w/ a hammer, and wonderful in his duties to his fellow man after his term. SWBTATTReg Nov 2023 #7

May she be surrounded with peace. fierywoman Nov 2023 #4

Oh, no... Bayard Nov 2023 #5

Jimmy Carter is in hospice at home. Ms. Toad Nov 2023 #13

Statement on Mrs. Carter's health LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2023 #8

Thanks for the link as always malaise Nov 2023 #11

What does it say? JoseBalow Nov 2023 #18

God bless the Carters... TSExile Nov 2023 #9

What a wonderful couple of human beings. Lunabell Nov 2023 #12

Such a great couple, such great individuals. LoisB Nov 2023 #14

I can't believe she died so quickly malaise Nov 2023 #33

Same here. It's very sad, she was such a lovely human being. LoisB Nov 2023 #34

My mom died only hours into hospice Just_Vote_Dem Nov 2023 #35

True but it's like malaise Nov 2023 #36

I know, they were an incredible couple Just_Vote_Dem Nov 2023 #37

We have to remember: we've had them both for about 100 years. And nothing at all can take that away from us ... marble falls Nov 2023 #15

Oh darn. They're both really old, so it's to be expected, but, Oneironaut Nov 2023 #16

Not the least bit surprised. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #20

THIS malaise Nov 2023 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author ShazzieB Nov 2023 #21

Thank you for being you, Rosalyn Carter. Niagara Nov 2023 #22

The Carters are great people in every sense of the word. PatrickforB Nov 2023 #25

God bless both RubyRose Nov 2023 #28