I want my great grandmother to die (please read)

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Ok, my great grandmother is almost 92 years old and she's been through a lot. She shattered her leg in a car crash in '89, which she still suffers pain from to this day, she's had many strokes and blood clots, survived cancer and she's having problems breathing, and she can't walk or remember anything she's read or watched on Tv meaning she can't do any of the activities she used to enjoy doing before she broke a hip in 2012 and before her memory slowly got worse. It's so sad seeing her in the nursing home twice a week, she's so sad. So I kind if want her to die to end her pain and suffering, and I think it would be selfish to want her to live. I love her very much, but I don't want her to continue to suffer. She even said she's lived a good life and is ready to go herself, which supports my thoughts. So does it make me a horrible person that I want her to die? (To end her pain and suffering)

Yes you are a horrible monster 5
You are wrong but not horrible 6
I understand your point and agree somewhat 22
I agree 100%, this is totally normal 37
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  • CountessDouche
    9 years ago

    I feel the same way about my grandmother sometimes. She's in her late 80's, has suffered multiple hip fractures, surgeries, getting tumours on her face, suffering strokes, losing her independence...she used to live on her own, she got a lot of exercise till she was almost immobile, she suffers from dementia...I actually did her care taking for several months, and it was so difficult for me, watching her mind go, watching her lose her mobility, and the humiliation involved with losing her ability to go to the bathroom and bathe herself, and having to help with that. At this point, it looks like she might be in the hospital or a nursing home permanently, which is sad, because she still has some of her mental faculties, and a lot of the people she has to interact with at meals are absolute vegetables. At this point, she is wheelchair bound.

    So yes, sometimes I do wish that she would pass, and that her suffering would end. At the same time, I have a very large extended family. I see how happy she is seeing all of her children, and being there for the birth of her first grandchild. It's tough to say what the best thing is, but whatever happens will happen...in the mean time, I plan to see her as much as I can.

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    • CountessDouche
      9 years ago

      *great grandchild

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  • canihelpit
    9 years ago

    I read the title and though you were sick, but I'm sure many families have similar circumstances. Pray for her death to be swiftly and peacful.

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  • green_boogers
    9 years ago

    I think she loves you. Let her know you will always remember her.

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    may she pass quickly and bring peace to your family

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