Bitter Sweet Evening

I just got a call from my mom tonight that my grandpa is in the hospital. He is 93 years old, and his poor, old body is just shutting down. He also has internal bleeding, which they don't know (at this point)where he is bleeding from (and he doesn't want anything done about it even if they did know). He is only expected to live 2-3 days at the most. My heart is so full right now. I have so many emotions right now. I am sad to see him go, but I am overcome with joy that he will no longer have to suffer. My grandma passed away 2 years ago and he has been so lonely since then. He is so independent, and has had to have so much help that it has been really hard for him to have to depend on so many other people. When my mom called, my sisters and I all made arrangements to go down to see him tonight. It was nice to be there as a family, but what made it hard, was he had just been brought upstairs to the room (my aunts brought him into the ER this afternoon and he had been down there up until just before we got there) and the doctors hadn't come in to do his "consult" with him yet(and my mom and her sisters)and so he had no clue what his prognosis was when they had us go in to see him (and we weren't going to say anything until the doctors did). So, my whole family, minus my brother that is on a mission, and Scott who was kind enough to stay home with the kids,(my mom, my dad, me, 5 sisters and one brother-in-law) went into this little room to visit with him for a few minutes, and he was confused as to why we were all down there to visit him, not knowing that we were all there to say our good-byes. So, we visited, gave him a hug, told him we loved him, and said "see ya later"...all while knowing that "later" would be much later....We all just kept saying that he wanted to go home for Christmas. He wants to spend it with my grandma, Diane (their daughter that passed away when she was 18 months old), and all their other loved ones. He will be greatly missed, but he is leaving behind many memories and a great legacy. We love you Grandpa!