Over the last week, I have learned that Hospice has been called in to care for my grandmother. She is in Stage 5 Kidney failure and fluid is building up in her system making it difficult for her to breathe.The diuretics she has been taking no longer work. The doctors all thought she would pass on last Summer, but she defied the odds and made it for 10 months longer. She is on high dose pain meds to keep her comfortable and I expect we will get the call sometime within the next week. I'm really saddened by her impending death because she is my last grandparent left living. When I came out as Jennifer, she didn't miss a beat in letting me know she loved and accepted me. My first Christmas as Jennifer, she sent me two really steamy Romance novels LOL! She might be 89, but she isn't a prude LOL!. I sent her a letter this week and told her how much I love her. She is not able to hear well on the phone anymore so Mom and I decided to write her letters. She had a good laugh about a memory we had together and is enjoying ribbing my Aunt about it, because she was the one it was about. My Aunt told me "Gee, Thanks a lot for reminding her about it LOL! I'm glad I was able to help her laugh. I will miss her when she goes, but I know she will no longer be in pain. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers.