Prayers requested for Granddad and family

I went to visit last night. He has been having trouble keeping food and medication down. They finally got him some pain relief so he was sleeping very soundly last night. I didn’t wake him. The doctor says his kidneys are shutting down.

I dreamed about him last night. We were having a big family dinner and everyone was there. He was happily going from table to table. Nana (my grandmother) kept trying to get him to sit down, but he wanted to visit with everyone that he hadn’t seen in so long. Many of the people there have already passed away. She was sitting next to his empty chair at the table with all of the living family. He kept telling her that it was okay.

I don’t think it’s hard to figure out what that was about.

It was a wonderful dream. I feel it’s prophetic and so sharing it with my conscious self made me cry, but it was cleansing tears. He’s going to be okay and so are we.

I took advantage of the massage service offered in my office on my lunch break today. I highly recommend it.

Thanks HarleyVixen. We have been. As much as we can. He’s so tired right now. I told him about my dream when I went to see him last night. Described all the food and the people there. It made him smile.

At the risk of sounding crazy, there were a lot of people in Granddad’s room that I couldn’t see. I could feel them though. You know that feeling you get when someone walks up right behind you? Granddad could see them too. He talked to them. It made Granddad happy every time MeezerRoboto or I would turn because it felt like someone had come in. Like he appreciated the confirmation of what he was seeing. The idea of hallucinations is very distressing to him so he likes it when other people see the things that he does. My cousin’s 2 year old son wouldn’t come into the room because there were too many people in there. I got the overwhelming feeling that several people in the room had been at the dinner in my dream.

My aunt feels them too. We’ve used this hospice 3 times in the last 3 years, so we have a good relationship with them. The hospice people see this all the time.

thanks Paulajeanne! Sure makes me feel crazy though.