(February 6, 2016 at 7:04 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: Just got back from visiting my 92 year old grandfather in the ICU, who just woke up from life saving surgery. He didn't even recognize me, he was calling me JoJo a guy he was in the war with. He was hallucinating that he was back in WWII as a POW, he was trying to pick lice off of his arms (which wasn't there) and was asking me if I could get him past the gaurds so he could get home. My point is this all seems very real to him and he is awake, the brain can do crazy things when it is not functioning properly.
Sorry to hear about your grandpa, but glad the surgery was a success. I remember watching my grandma towards the end of her life, and would go visit her often. We got a call one night that she was deteriorating fast and that we should come as soon as we could. When we got there, we realize she had passed away 10 minutes earlier. The hospice care worker who was sitting with her when she died said she was sleeping, and suddenly woke up and looked up at the corner of the room and smiled, and a tear came to her eye. Seconds later she passed away. I still remember sitting next to her that night. That was the first person close to me that I've lost. Was a very sad night.
