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!
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.
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!
guest42010
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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)