This is how an 82 year old dies unexpectedly.

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So those that follow me know my grandmother died in late June. I was so upset, and I took some time off mylot. I told you her death was unexpected, even though she was elderly. So, I talked about her moving into an assisted living facility a few years ago. She was bringing her laundry back to her room, using her walker. It has a basket on the front and that's how she carried her laundry. Rounding a corner her shoe slipped and she fell down against the wall. Trying to avoid hitting her head she landed on her shoulder. They took her to the hospital and she had broken her arm, and shattered her collar bone. She kept telling them she was dying. My sister had been called (She lives near my grandmother, I do not). My sister and the nurse kept telling her she was just in a lot of pain. Nana told them she thought she was having a heart attack, but the nurse checked her vitals and said she wasn't. They couldn't get her pain under control, but wanted to do surgery the following day. My grandmother wanted her orthopedic surgeon to do it, so it would have had to wait until the next day anyway. Mindy said she was in so much pain she couldn't talk much, so I told Mindy to tell Nana that I loved her, and I'd call when she felt like talking. 6am the following day I'm up and making my breakfast. My dad calls, and I'm pretty shocked he's calling me so early. He told me some time during the night her blood pressure got so low she went into a coma. They put her on a ventilator (at the time they hadn't checked to see if she had a DNR, which she did). My dad said the doctors told them she's never recover. Before I could get there my sister had them remove her ventilator (since my mom is dead, and my uncle is worthless, my grandmother put her down to make end of life decisions), and shortly after she died. No one could believe it. She had been fine. My sister and dad say it's for the best. And they are right. She's better off. But how are we ignoring the fact that she told them she was dying, and they did nothing?! Her being better off is not the point. She kept telling my sister she wanted to go to another hospital because that one wasn't listening to her. And they certainly were not. And this is how an 82 year old woman dies unexpectedly.