Some people want to live forever

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Not my grandma! Background, she is 94, in a LTC, has major medical problems, severe chronic pain and to top it off she fell last week and cracked ribs.

I was in visiting her last night and our conversation went...

Me: So what do you want for Christmas

Grandma: Mostly just stuff for the funeral

Me: Whose funeral?

Grandma: Mine, I'm done here.

Me: Done here being earth?

Grandma: Yep, so a few things I need..I just ordered my burial dress from the catalog but I need my hair done.

Me: Ummm, you've lived for 94 years with major medical issues, why do you think the end is near

Grandma: I just feel it, but if I'm not gone by January I want you to hit me over the head..one hard crack with a big stick!

Me: Um, that might give you what you want but I'd end up in jail.

Grandma: So when you said if I needed anything just ask...you didn't really mean it?

As you can see she has a great sense of humor but if anyone overheard that convo...yikes!

I've heard of a resident in an ALF who planned and held his own wake.

As far as I know, he's still alive. And has a great sense of humour (with a "U", he's British)

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Specializes in CMSRN.

Good to hear she knows what she wants. I hope she gets it.

Sounds like she has been waiting for it to happen for awhile and its getting boring.

Plan a party for her or even better with her. Something she can enjoy before she passes.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, NICU.

Didn't she hear? 94 is the new 84!

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.

the last time i saw my father, he took me to the cemetary to visit the ancestors' graves. while we were there, he made sure i knew where his plot was located and what he wanted on his gravestone. a few weeks later my sister visited. he gave her poa for healthcare, financial affairs, etc. then he just up and died. i know he went when he was ready.

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My grandmother does not have the intuitive feeling about death gene! She has been working on dying for about a decade - unsuccessfully. Every few months she thinks or feels that it is her time...nope!

It's become a running joke..every year she says this will be my last Christmas, my last summer, my last birthday etc... but every year she is still here!

We might as well plan her 100th party!

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