Thursday, March 6, 2008

Great Grandpa Downs


John's Grandpa Edward is failing in his health. We were going to go and see him and grandma for Christmas so they could see Addison, but the weather was bad. We couldn't seem to find time any other weekend because we were just so darn busy. Sadly we have recently been brought to the point of changing a priority or two. He had a major a couple of weeks ago and in the care of that, they found that he has cancer beyond the point of treatment. They also said that any near relations should come soon and needless to say, we rushed downs to see him. Though definitely a product of his generation, he is a sweet old man and was overjoyed to see Addison. They had a very good conversation, but she kept interrupting him. All but one of John's uncles and cousins were able to come and see him also. It was almost like a family reunion. I'm just glad that he is still here and able to see everyone before he goes.

1 comments:

Trisha said...

Hope everything goes ok...it's always hard to see someone go. I'm glad you guys got to go visit. Give Addison a squeeze from us!