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I’m so sorry to hear this Blu. Is there anything at all I can do to help?

Oh Blu :( I’m so sorry

Aw, I’m sorry Blu. I hope they find the bleeding and you have more time with her.

oh Blu I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope you know how lucky you are to have both of them still in your life and cherish however long you have with them. I hope they can stop the bleeding soon! Praying for you guys

I am crossing everything I have. And please, if there is anything we can do for you, don't hesitate to let us know! We can not help you where you are, but we do have our pixel ponies and HBs!

Sending up prayers for wisdom granted to your grandma's doctors and nurses, strength and healing for her, and comfort and courage to you and all the rest of your family.

So as an update, they've admitted my grandma to the hospital. She's bleeding from her colon, but they're waiting to test for polyps in the morning. Not really a diagnosis, but at least she's under observation. Hopefully, this won't be anything serious.

Is she ok, @Bambi?

That sounds like my husband's father. We don't know if he's really in pain, though. He's got a little dementia and tells the nurses he hurts, but then where he hurts changes by the hour. He won't eat well. He does sleep a lot, though. We thought we were going to lose him a few weeks ago. He had an infection and was unresponsive for a few days. He's a little better now, but he's still talking about people visiting him, people that have been gone for ten/twenty years.

I'm so sorry to hear that you and your grandmother are having such tough start to the year. I, too and creeping up to that fine line of 40 and have found that age does not bring emotional maturity when it comes to family! I recently lost my father (actually my step father, but the only real parent that I ever had) and it was brutal to watch. I cared for him for the last year after he was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. Toward the end, about the last month, he would only eat chocolate ice cream and had severe pain, but couldn't take pain meds. It was life altering to watch and know I could do nothing to help him. He asked me on several occasions to "just shoot him" and I broke my heart. As awful as it sounds, when he passed, it felt like a blessing. The only solace I took from the last year was knowing I spent as much time with him as I could and spread his ashes by horseback, which I know he would have loved. While It has now been 4 month since his passing, it feels like it happened this morning and I often wonder if life will ever feel normal again. I feel grateful every single day from all of my critters who have kept me from becoming a ghost in my own life. Life is a messy and plays dirty, but just remember that there are so many places to turn when you are struggling. If you need someone to talk to, just shoot me a pm! You are strong and your strength will give her strength. Spend as much time with her as you can and let her know how much you care for her. Sometimes, the influence and love of others is far stronger medicine than what a doctor can prescribe.

As a side note, though I'm sure the hospital has already done this, please make sure they've tested your Grandmother's urine. UTIs can cause immense amounts of pain, can cause toxins to back up into the kidneys and can cause altered mental status.

In lots of cases, colon bleed could be something very simple to find and fix with a scope and cauterization. Red blood signifies a new bleed, closer to the rectum (so red blood is good, easier to identify the source) and black blood signifies an older bleed farther up the GI tract.

@bluchrystals
I'm so sorry you are facing this. I'm starting the second half of my 30's as well and know that my time with my grandparents is likely very limited. I've been blessed to have all four of my grandparents in my life for this long, and it is going to leave a big hole when they are gone. We lost my husband's sweet Granny to Alzheimer's this fall, so we are beginning to experience this already.

I'm praying that all goes well for your Grandma and that you have many more years with her, but if that isn't possible I pray that you will have peace no matter what happens.

That’s so great Blu!

So sorry to hear that. I can sympathize with some of you, we helped care for my great grandmother until she became too much for us to handle (she had Alzheimer's) and she had to go into a private home for older folks where she could get the care she needed. When she passed on Thanksgiving ( ( don't remember the exact year) it was a blessing to us, and we were thankful about that because it meant she wasn't suffering anymore. I was in my early 20s at that time.