Carrie's Corner: What a Quick Trip!

So, I thought that last weekend was going to be a quiet, relaxing weekend (other than working the 4H booth). Boy was I wrong! Friday night my Granny (my great grandma) was air lifted from one hospital to another due to what they originally thought to be heart issues. My parents were already out in MO so they were with her. All reports were grim. When my dad was in ICU with her, her blood pressure was very low ... like in the 30's low. Mom told me on Saturday that if my schedule allowed we should probably head that way. So, me, Marcus, Jamie and Gavin headed out on Sunday after Jamie got off from working her shift at the ER. I got to sit in the back with Gavin for 400 plus miles. He was sooooo happy this entire trip! It's odd to say we had fun when we were afraid we were going out to tell our Granny good-bye.

Granny did move from the ICU to a regular room on Sunday so that allowed us to spend more time with her on Monday. We were there for several hours and I think all of us felt at peace with what may happen. Her heart and kidneys are only functioning at about 20% at this point. She'll be 89 in October and is no longer a candidate for any other heart procedures. We have yet to hear if she'll start dialysis. Either way, it would be awesome to see her again (probably Thanksgiving will be our next trip) but I know that she has lived and served a great life and seems ready. Of course she is scared, but she wants to go home. She told me that she knows she'll die at home and that's how she wants it. She was released on Tuesday.

We headed home on Tuesday and had an equally great time for another 400 plus miles. Our round trip from Sunday to Tuesday was 1262 miles ... but who's counting???!!! It was really memorable on so many levels and I am grateful that we were able to do it. I've attached some fun pics from the trip. There's even one from Gavin's first bite of Maid Rite! It truly is a right of passage in this family. Oh, and we did not take the boys. It was such a quick trip and they couldn't go back to see her anyway, that we decided against it. I am glad we did. It allowed us to have one on one with Granny.