My Grandpa Collins is really sick so I cancelled preschool and went to visit him in the hospital. He broke his hip in January and had been at Kolob Rehabilitation but had to go back to the hospital due to renal failure. Years ago my Grandpa told me that when you have plaque build up in your heart that your arteries to your heart aren't the only ones that get blocked but also arteries to your kidneys, liver, and any other major organ. According to him that is why he has kidney problems.
My Grandpa has always said funny things like "nuttier than a squirrels breakfast" and ever since he got West Nile virus (3 years ago) his perception of reality was a little off. This visit was off the wall, he had times when he knew exactly what he was talking about like our discussion on religion, but other times he would tell the hospital staff that a forklift had moved his entire room from one building to another.
We know that he is really not doing well but the hospital is discharging him on Thursday and he is too much work for my Aunt who has been taking care of him for the last three years. The only real option is to put him on hospice care which means he is terminally ill and can't come back to the hospital, even if he gets an infection, but the hospice staff will come to his house and help take care of him and make him comfortable.
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