I see I've let a few days slide, so here's the scoop.

Grampa is still hanging in there. The last entry, a visiting nurse had said he had less than hours to live... apparently she was evaluating him just after he had been given a crushed Tylenol tablet for pain, and she saw the red of the disolved tablet in his saliva and determined that he was spitting up blood.  Not the case.

So, the next day Grampa was visited again by Hospice personnel, and was approved not only to be in the hospice program, but also to actually be transported to the hospice facility, which is something they only do for individuals when they are at an accute stage.  He was transported later the same day.

So, now he is at the hospice facility, which is a huge help for me, because instead of driving 20-25 miles each way to my parents' house to help, now I drive only 8 minutes (not sure of distance) to get to the hospice facility, so I can go there multiple times per day, drive home, attend to other things, and go back.

Last night we thought, at one point, that the end had come (Grampa rolled his eyes back in their sockets and stepsister thought it was the end), only to have nothing changed on his vital statistics... and he's still hanging on.

He's not eating, and barely taking ice chips or anything else orally. He's not on a feeding tube (his preference), not on IV (standard to not be on IV for end-stage hospice care), ...so it's just a waiting thing at this point.

DB (my dear brother) has been reading scripture at Grampa's bedside. Being dull and worn down, I hadn't thought about the fact that 1) Grampa still might be able to hear and repent, even without acknowledging in a way we can understand, and 2) ds (my dear step-sister) and dm (dear mum) might be convicted and repent, or just have seeds planted at this time that it might not be possible to plant at a different time...

So, that's the situation. Today I go to hospice, then go to university for parents' day to visit my dd, then back to hospice. DF (dear friend) is making us an oven stuffer roaster, with sides, to be ready for us at about 6:00 tonight, so that's a huge blessing!  Ciao!