I was the last relative to see him alive as he was driven away in an ambulance. He passed away at the hospital after several attempts to revive him. Taken by a massive heart attack at 89.

You might say I was close to him in the last few years. It's certainly true in a geographical sense: I live in a flat adjoining my grandparents house, so I saw him fairly frequently. We'd chat about various little things like weather, and his latest physical complaint (but you get those when you get to his age, even though he was still reasonably mobile and capable). He was a really nice old guy, always looking to the bright side.

My nana called me on my phone last night about an hour or so after I got home from work, and I went in soon after. Grandpa had fallen off his couch and onto the floor, breaking his nose and bleeding onto a small patch on the rug. He was having trouble getting up off the floor, struggling, seemingly confused, and unable to respond to us. I called 000 (Australia's 911). The paramedics came and took him away, though that all seemed to take quite an anxious while.

I tried calling what next of kin I could (rally the troops, as it were; Nana is certainly not in a state of health to be handling all this herself). What sucks is that I can't get a hold of my own mother, their daughter. Mum and Dad are traveling (and I was with them until I came home only two days ago), and their mobile phone must have been switched off.

I drove to the hospital with Nana, and met up with an uncle there, where we were given the news. The doctor said that even a young and healthy man wouldn't have survived a heart attack of that magnitude. I guess it took something pretty severe to finally bring Grandpa down.

There's no nice way to put this: Dead bodies are fucking creepy. And sadness and creepiness is a weird combination of feelings.

Their children, other than my mum, are all around today as things are being organised. The best I can do is to keep trying to contact Mum. Hopefully they turn their damn phone on soon.

*sigh* Furry porn might be put on hold for a while.