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[Grim Portent]

Thanks guys.

We're all kind of ok now, we've had a chance to sleep and for it to settle in a bit. We're still a bit sad, but it was for the best. Gran died peacefully enough, and the alternative at this point would be suffering on bedridden, scared and confused. Passing away asleep in hospital with family nearby is a kinder death than I feared she would get.

On the brighter side my brother and his wife called from their honeymoon in Japan, so we've gotten to catch up with them and talk about gran passing away, and my sister called from Qatar to talk about it as well, and she has some good news in that she has finally got her prosthetic leg after an amputation earlier this year, and my aunts and uncles are all here today making arrangements and catching up. Even my two cousins from Australia are here, and they haven't been here for a long time.

It's a bit bittersweet, but overall I'm feeling good about things now.

[nenjin]

My condolences. It's always a mix of emotions when an ailing family member that has required a lot of attention and care has passed. Grief and relief in equal measures. I'll be dealing with that with my grandma at some point soon...we think. She's 93 and the dementia is setting in but our family is so long lived, every year we're surprised she's still hanging on and mobile.