My grandfather's 35 years of smoking finally caught up to him. He is in the end stages of respiratory failure. I managed to make it down Saturday afternoon and spent the last 3 days with him. It was tough to leave him knowing the next time I would be down would be for his funeral. We started him on hospice care yesterday. I hope he goes quickly. Sunday was a good day and he was able to talk with everyone and say goodbye. Yesterday when I told him I was leaving he was very upset. It hasn't fully set in with me yet. My biological father died shortly after birth and I lived with my grandfather for the first 4 years of my life.