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written when my grandpa had a quadruple bypass

Why do loved ones have to die

I’d sit in the hospital chairs for long hours

My parents visiting my grandpa in ICU

Months went by

I couldn’t see him

I couldn’t touch him

I wasn’t able to tell him I loved him

My aunts and uncles would see him

They would take turns watching me

I would go into the hospital church with my brother and pray for hours

I’d hope my grandpa knew I cared

I was really shy around him

When he moved out of ICU I was happy

I finally got to see him

I was nervous but I went in the room

The doctors didn’t think he would live this long

He was very skinny under the sheets

He couldn’t talk very well but I understood him

He had a quadruple bi-pass

Almost killed him

But he lived and is alive today

I never knew how much I love him until the bi-pass

And I let him know how much I loved him

I don’t know what I’d do if he had died on the first surgery

But I’m glass he is alive