Medical Literacy

When I was in the sixth grade my grandpa was in the hospital for a brain tumor. At the time my cousins and I had no idea what was going on because we were so young. With the low level of maturity that we had, my cousins, sisters, and I got really bored being up at the hospital every night for three months so we would play hide and seek, sit in the cafeteria, play cards, and our favorite was to ride up and down on the elevators jumping when we hit the right floor we wanted to be on. I can just remember the smell in the hospital. It was as if there were many dead bodies that had been lying there for several days. Everyone that I passed had a dreary look in their eyes as did I. I feel so bad now becasue I could have been spending lots of quality time with mty grandpa before he passed but instead, I decided to mess around and avoid being with him. The last night I had with my grandpa he was very much unconcious and slowly fading away. I got up on his bed and slept with him. That was the first time I really showed my feelings and spent time with him. It was the last time I got to do that. Now, after remembering everything I did I regret it and pray every night my grandpa will forgive me and know how much I really did and still do love him.