I'm not sure how this blog is going to turn out, but I will try it.
This last month has been a rough one. My grandparents were in a horrible car accident on October 10th. They were trying to cross a very dangerous highway near where they lived. They didn't see a car coming and tried to cross, and that car hit them. They both went to different hospitals. My grandpa went to the Dallas Hospital, and then to Corvallis Hospital. He was paralyzed from the neck down and had to be on a ventilator. My grandma was taken to the Salem Hospital with badly bruised ribs and a contusion on her heart. They both were in the hospitals for about a week and a half. My grandma had an angiogram done and we found out that she had just weeks to live. There was almost 100% blockage in her heart. My grandpa, who was able to mouth words after getting a trachea put in, asked and was told about how my grandma was. He asked to be taken off the ventilator after he found out she wouldn't live much longer. He didn't want to spend the rest of his life paralyzed anyways, that's not who he was. He was always a very active person. We all got to say our goodbyes and our "I love yous" and on October 19th they stopped the ventilator. He was 92 years old. By the time we had the service for him, my grandma was out of the hospital and in a private care facility. She would never be able to go back home, needing 24 hour medical care. Last weekend she started refusing to eat, and got really weak, and she had more and more problems. It seemed like she had given up. She had told me before that she just didn't want to live anymore. If I was 89 and my husband of 60+ years died, I would probably feel the same way. She died this last Tuesday, November 4th. The service will be this Saturday. I loved my grandparents very very much. They had good long lives, and they loved and helped many people. I have learned so much from them. They were the hardest-working people I knew, and devout Christians. They were the type of "Christian" that you don't see everyday anymore (unfortunately). They LIVED it. Its so hard to believe that they are gone, I miss them so much. I thought I would post some pictures of them as sort of a tribute, though they deserve much more.
My Grandparents:
Kenneth Keyt (1915-2008) and Evelyn Keyt (1919-2008)
Kenneth Keyt (1915-2008) and Evelyn Keyt (1919-2008)
3 comments:
I'm so so sorry for your loss Sarah. I think you did a good job of writing this short tribute to them. They seem like they were really great people.
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Please check out the photo link above.
Your grandmother join us for a work day at Camp Koinonia back in 2000. She was very interesting to talk with on the drive up there and back. She had a vast knowledge of wild flowers and history. She pointed out many flowers growing at the camp and then we stopped at the historical museum near Rickreall (I think) which she had been an active volunteer. I remember thinking I would like to be able to spend more time getting to know her and learn more from her.
I am sorry for your loss, Sarah.
I am crying right now. Wow, Sarah! You did a really nice job. I love you so much. I loved your grandparents, too. I loved them though I knew them very little...they loved you very much. I love you!!
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