Travis has the sweetest grandparents. They have considered me their granddaughter since they met me. It means a lot to me b/c I have been without a grandpa for 17 years. Unfortunately, over the last couple of years his health has not been great and has quickly deteriorated over the last 8 months or so. It had gotten so bad that he had gotten violent and was admitted to an adult psychiatric ward in a Salt Lake hospital. The situation was such that we thought that we would be going to a funeral a few months ago. But, the Lord had other plans. There was a team of doctors that spent a week or so observing and evaluating him and they determined that he was over medicated. Within a couple of days of changing his meds he was a whole new person. Over the last month or so I have heard from various family members what a new person he is. Hearing about it and seeing it are two very different things.
Grandma and Grandpa have come up to the farm to stay for a month and Curtis and I went to see them yesterday. Grandpa really is a whole new person. He speaks at a normal pace, walks on his own and spent the day out working on the manure spreader. Travis tells me this is the Grandpa that he remembers growing up and had almost forgotten what he was like.
I am grateful that Grandpa is still with us and is 100 times better than I have ever known him. I look forward to Curtis getting to know his great grandparents and them getting to see him grow up. :)
That is awesome!
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