My Trials

One day my mom picked me up early from school and she was crying. So I asked "mom what happened?" She simply said that my grandpa had a stroke. At first I was confused because this was a very sudden shock. She then bursted out crying. That was when I truly believed the devastation. I knew
 that my grandpa was dying. He was hospitalized many many times and had slightly recovered. He was on the verge of death. The frustrating thing about this situation is that his new wife would not give us access to him and my family had to take action. My mom and uncle were taking turns watching him and making sure he was safe. 

You are probably wondering how can this affect me? This afected me because my grandpa was dying and we could do little at the time to help him. When my mom looked after him she took the day shift in the hospital to look after him. Where the hospital he was in, it was in port of Spain and I live in San Fernando. It is a long drive to and from my house to the hospital. I didn't get to see my mom for long periods of time. She would be there from eight o'clock in the morning to ten at night. The only time I would see her was in the morning before I went to school and maybe late at night when I was in bed. She would at times reach home at about one o'clock in the morning and have very little rest. On weekends I would visit him for the day. That is really the most I've ever seen him in my life. It was an extremely hard time in the family. Everyone was stressed about everything that was happening to my grandpa.

It also caused great sadness to me because he was not well at all. It also effected me because it would devastate my mom to the point that it's not even imaginable. Recently a couple days ago my mom got a call that he was sick again. In between the time when he was sent back home when he was ok. He was rushed to the hospital and found all kinds of stuff wrong with him. A couple days after the call she visited him and got to speak with him and he was doing better. 

One thing I have learnt from this experience is to take the time that you have with your relatives to love and appreciate them and what they do for you.
Thank you.