Grandpa (Blaine Eccles)

This past three months have been hard.  After a short battle with Melanoma Cancer my Grandpa Eccless passed away on Thursday, November 11th at 12:16 am.  The family is a mess.  Vickie has also been going through a lot with Jeff going into Renal Failure and having mini strokes.  I feel so bad for her and Rachon.  I wish I could help in some way.  Having to deal with her Dad and husband, I cant imagine what she is going through.  Mom had to really help Grandpa a lot with Vickie busy, Pamela out of state and Rob working on getting his eye better.  GG irritated Grandpa, so that didnt help.  She means well and has never stopped loving Grandpa no matter what he put her through.

Grandpa went in for surgery on 9/3 to see why he was having trouble eating.  Well... after the VA nicked a vein and had to go back in again, they found a football size tumor in his stomach and feeders everywhere.  What a nightmare, they gave him 6 months or so because it was so far advanced (I think stage 4).  Mom said he was really depressed and said he just wanted two more years.  He declined so quick and there was nothing they could do but make him comfortable.  I went in to see him on Sunday the 7th and he seemed ok other than he was hard to understand.  He said to "kiss that big boy for me".  It meant so so so much to me because he just seemed like he didnt care about Ollie.  When he held him for the first time he seemed so uncomfortable and gave him back so fast.  It hurt my feelings and I was so disappointed.  He was such a loner and we only saw him at family events so we were certainly not close.

The kids didn't really do a funeral but that is good.  I hate them!  Also, holy cow I had no idea how much it costs when someone passes away.  Just cremate me and spread my ashes in San Rafael or American Fork Canyon.  I would hate to leave someone with that burden... and believe me I wont save money for it.

I have a picture of Oliver and Grandpa and everytime I look I tear up.  We will miss you Grandpa!