Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | My grandpa died last night

Hi everyone,

My grandpa died last night. We were sitting at home and my mom rushing down the stairs and said my grandpa had had some kind of attack and she needed my cell phone for the paramedics to call her on for on the way out there. Apparently the paramedics told her that he may not make it to the hospital and they live about 30-45 minutes away from us. So we all went together, my Dad and mom and Adrian and I and when we were about 10 minutes away, the paramedics called and said he had just passed.
We got there and it was the most awful, awful thing... there were ambulances and firetrucks outside. We went in and I didn't want to go in the apartment. All the paramedics were leaving and one of them told me what had happened.. but I was still too nervous to go in.
Eventually, they saw me in the hall and made me come in and my grandpa was on the floor in the middle of the living room under a sheet with all the tubes and stuff in his mouth... I have never seen anyone after they've passed before up close, it was really terrible. I can't get it out of my head.
We stayed for a long time while the police were there, the coroner called, the victim services people came and then the people came and took him away to the hospital. That was probably the worst part...watching them wrap him up and take him away. I did not want to watch, but everyone else did so I didn't feel like I could leave.
Then we went and I packed up stuff for my grandma so she could come here and stay with us, and that was really hard because I just didn't know what to say. I didn't know what to say the whole time we were there.
I cried a lot last night, went to bed about 1 am. I have the day off today, it's 8:30 in the morning but I can't sleep.
Everyone is upstairs right now, the rest of my family will probably be here later.. my aunt is driving down, but it is about a 4 hour drive. I don't want to go up because I don't know what to say to anyone... Adrian isn't here, he is at work, so I feel a bit stranded.
Needless to say, my already bad stomach is not doing well. I constantly feel like I am about to throw up, and my lower half isn't doing so great either.

It's just one thing, and then another and then another and then another.

Thanks again for listening, guys.

Steph.

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