Would you/have you taken your children to a hospice?
My very elderly grandfather was admitted to hospice at the beginning of the week. It looks like we’re talking days now, if that. He’s mostly sleeping, occasionally shifts his body or opens his eyes. He responds a little to voice. He’s gone downhill a lot since I saw him yesterday when he was confused and frustrated about not being allowed out of bed.
I don’t know whether to take my 5 and 7 yos to visit. I didn’t visit my grandmother when she was dying (aged 10) and have always felt guilty. Equally, I’m not sure they’ll get much out of it. I don’t want them to be upset unnecessarily. They know he’s going to die soon and that he’s very old (late 90s) and has had a brilliant life. They last saw him a couple of weeks ago when he was much more ‘with it’. Do I leave that as their last memory?
WWYD?