So my ex's Grandpa is in the hospital tonight getting ready to have a triple bypass tomorrow morning, his 2nd heart surgery. My kids are so attached to him, especially Cheyenne, he has been pretty much her whole world since she was born, they babysat her for the entire first 2 years of her life and he adores her. He has been sick for a few months and finally went to the doctor and was told 3 of his heart valves weren't working. He didn't sound very good when we talked to him on the phone last night but did sound better tonight, hopefully that is a good sign. This is not something I expected that I would have to deal with just yet. How do you try to prepare your children for something like this, it's like trying to prepare them for your own death. His chances of a full recovery are very good, but there is always that chance. I was hoping that my sister would be able to let the kids ride with them to Idaho Falls for Thanksgiving since Brian won't be able to get time off and who knows what will be going on for me but either way we can't really afford to go home right now. Jen says she can't take them this time because they won't have room because they'll be going shoping while they are there and will be bringing a lot of stuff home. The kids have been looking forward to seeing G-pa very soon and G-pa is so anxious to see them, he misses them so much and sometimes I feel like it's partly my fault that he is having these problems now, since I'm the one that moved them so far away. The kids have been what he has lived for since they were born, he loves them with all of his heart and I have no doubt that if they hadn't been around that he would have been in this place long ago. I love watching the kids with him, he is always running around outside with them and riding bikes with them and putting together puzzles with them and tinkering, I see so much of my own grandpa in him. Cheyenne loves to get on his computer (old as dirt PC with ancient games) and she plays crosswords and makes pictures and all kinds of things with him. They have so much fun and as much as they get spoiled I think it has been so good for all of them. Everytime I asked if they could watch the kids they were more than happy to do it, even when G-ma said she didn't really feel like it, G-pa always said he would regaurdless of what G-ma wanted. :) I have to find a way to get the kids there to see him for Thanksgiving.