Mourning Has Broken

Hello everyone. I'm halfway on a road trip to Penang right now, typing on my laptop in the car while Dad drives. In the back seat is Mum and brother and a distant grandaunt I've only just met today. This trip to Penang wasn't exactly planned, but it's necessary... unfortunately, my maternal grandmama just passed away. :( Yea, so we're off North now to attend to the proceedings and the funeral in the next few days. We're all sad, of course, but poor grandma had been suffering from Alzheimer's for a while and could never recognise any of us, and she'd been in an old folks' home for the past year or so. Which brings me to this interesting point:

Grandma passed away of pneumonia. Makes me wonder how the people at the old folks' home could have missed the fact that she was sick... wouldn't penumonia have started as a cold and cough, or at least general flu-ish symptoms? Wouldn't you be concerned if a 94-year-old woman was sniffling and coughing?? Wouldn't you send her for medical help as soon as the symptoms started??? Hmmmm.

But anyway, grandma was sent to the hospital on Friday night and last night we got the call that she'd moved on, so we all rushed to get packed, and early this morning we left. Sigh. C'est la vie. Ninety-four is a ripe old age to live to, no? God bless her soul. Rest in peace, Grandma. xx

Okay, I'll come back later for more updates. Bye for now.