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Sunday, September 11, 2005
i wasn't able to post last night because we got home late. we came from the hospital, relieved that the nightmare we all dreaded but, fortunately, didn't happen.we were eating dinner at market market, with my mom's side of the family, and yup, we were cousins of all ages. my mom and i just got back from the bathroom when we all saw the same thing: my grandfather, slumped in his chair, unconcious, yet eyes wide open. everybody froze, except for my little cousin's nanny, who ran to my grandfather and tried to carried him. chaos insued. my dad and my uncles, after snapping out of their state of shock, carried my grandfather out of the restaurant and the waiters dashed after them. the guards talked to my mom and my aunts, as we watched the van speed off, leaving the bewildered people surrounding them behind. it was the worst feeling in the world; my knees went weak, my head started to spin, and i thought my heart was going to burst out of my ribs. we didn't know what will happen next, if it really was over. i know that my grandfather's face last night will haunt me forever. it looked, there was only one word to describe it, lifeless. our moms instructed us kids to go home with the remaining car, and they'll try to catch up with my uncles and my dad, but as we made our way toward the parking lot, a phone call told us that my grandfather had regained conciousness on the way to the hospital, that it was alright.the next moments had been a blur, and before i knew it, i was in the waiting area in the emergency room, with my 4 year old cousin. because of the confusion, we got separated from my brother and our other cousins and they wound up going home. my dad, who was the one trying to wake up my grandfather when he was charged to the hospital, was still shaking when he told us what happened, and i know that he had thought the same thing we all did the moment my grandfather's head dropped limply on his frail shoulders: that he had finally given in.my grandfather's still in the hospital today, and he's talking again, and laughed amusedly at all the panic he had caused last night. come to think of it, we all looked back at last night with much ease, now that things are back to where they used to be. the doctor said he had suffered a mild stroke because of his blood pressure, i think. i'm just happy, like the rest of the family, that my grandfather is still here, and still not ready to say good-bye.
