Category : Stories

Sub Category : Drama

"Nana, Nana, wake up" I yell at her death bed as my mom pulls me away as her and my dad hold me. "She not going to baby stop" 
    Let me begin at the beginning, our family is close, throughout my childhood my Nana, or grandmother, was always there. She was a huge part of my life, like another parent.
   She had been in ICU, many medical issues she had in the past few years, she was released and was living with my cousin, and of course my aunt, her daughter was there also. 
    I missed her, and living with her, so I had spent the night with her. At a young age I began to raise a baby, he was with me. 
    The next morning I got up, she was acting odd, the night before we thought she had strep throat, but she didn't. I had gotten up, she was watching T.V. sitting in her wheelchair. She asked if I would rub her feet, i said yes hold on. I was sitting on a foot chair in front of her on my phone she said are you going to rub my feet? In kind of moody voice. She sounded sick, she looked sick. She was a tent of yellow. 
   I had later brought the baby in and she could barley hold her head up, like as if she hadn't slept in days. She smiled at him, and lied her head bad down. 
   Some kids I knew next door came by for my cousin, she wasn't there, then her brother came by banging on the door. I answered it and he started yelling, thinking I was lying that my cousin wasn't there, saying she had been selling drugs to his father, he woke my Nana up. 
   He left, but I was pissed, so i left the baby there and went next door, I said,"I don't know what is going on between you and my cousin but they are they are not the only ones living there now, my nana just got out of ICU, i don't want that drama around her" slowly not trying to cry. 
    I went back, and that is when I realized, she was really not looking good, she was really yellow, her blanket had fallen and she wet herself. I woke my aunt up, I said "Come check on Nana, she doesn't look good", she jumped outta bed, she was saying "Mom, Mom, how many fingers am I holding up? Do you know who you are? Do you know where you are?" No response. And my cousin walked in. She said call your dad, he didn't answer, so I called 911. I was freaking out. My cousin took my phone, i was full of anger and sadness. I was helpless. I took the baby next door. 
   Tbe ambulance got there and they where putting her on the floor, her fave was yellow and her mouth was wide open. My aunt kept telling me to go next door but i could. They strapped her in, as they where taking her out of the house, it was the last time I said "I love you Nana" I said it multiple times. 
    My aunt came and picked us up. We got to the hospital and we had to sit for about 15 minutes, they gave us a family room, we patiently waited for 30 minutes. I went outside called my dad, he said he was on the way. 
    As I am rushing back to the room, to see if we had any news yet, the doctor was shutting the door as I came up the hall. I pushed myself in. She said "Is this everybody that is here?" "Yes sir, my dad is on his way, i just got off the phone with him". As I look around, my aunt and her wife, my other aunt, me and my brother where all there. The doctor begins to speak again, "I'm sorry.." i felt tears down my face "..that i have to be the one.." i look around as everybody breaks down "..to tell you this but..has passed away" i look around as I push the doctor out of my way. I ran out side, I felt weak, I fell in the Emergency Parking Lot. She ladies tried to comfort me but all i could do was cry as i crawled to the curb to call my dad.. "Dad she's gone" as Im balling and he said "what..", "she's gone". He said " baby I am on my way" and all i could hear was him crying as he hung up, the second time in my entire life I heard him cry. 
   I was so sad, I was so angry at the same time. I started hitting everything in sight. I trued to calm down and go inside. 
   Everybody begins to show up and my dad gets there, my little sister didn't know yet. But as soon as she saw everybody she knew and burst into tears. 
    As we sat in the waiting room, to see her, I wanted two people. My dad who needed to be with family, and my ex I couldn't talk to, he was in Juvenile detention. 
    They said we could see her, but my parents said I needed to wait, they didn't think I was ready.So I waited until nobody was laying attention and went. They where all standing there. I walked in.. I went up beside my mom and dad. I walked up to her and grabbed her and hugged her tight. My mom started trying to comfort me and hug me, and as I let go, all i could say was "Nana, Nana wake up" My mom said "Stop" and I said "Nana, I love you, Nana wake up"
   She pulled me away. I hugged her over and over. Until i finally had to go. 
    She got cremated so we waited a week to have her ceremony, it was during spring break so it was the monday we went back to school. 
    I decided to speak and talk about her. 
How do you put a lifetime into 5 minutes? It was the hardest day of my life. Forever cherish the people you love around you, you never know when they'll be gone.