Day 29 ~ Hospitals

My son's Taiwanese grandpa has been in the hospital for six weeks. He had a stroke and then came down with pneumonia and other complications. After being on a ventilator for a couple of weeks and not managing to get his airways cleared, the doctors deemed a tracheotomy necessary. He had it done today. His second wife's son's ex-wife is visiting him daily and she told us a week ago that he would like to hear his grandson's voice. We sent him a short recording. His visitor told us that he loved it and wanted it played again and again. We sent him a second one, again with my son speaking to him in Chinese. Today when he wakes up from the surgery, he'll listen to the third, which we just recorded. Being in the hospital is a dreadful thing, a little bit of love will ease the pain.