grandad kit

Thank you for reading my blog. If you have difficulty seeing your grandchildren, or have any views about my situation, I would welcome your messages by e-mail through this blog site. If you wish, just use a first name or a nickname and your identity will be protected, like mine – “Grandad Kit.”

Dear “Tom”

Mending a damaged heart

I am your other grandfather, the one you have never met. You are three years old, and although I have never met you, I love you dearly and always will. You are my flesh and blood, and always will be. We will meet one day, I am sure.

Today I went to see a friend of mine who has been very, very ill. He had smethign wrong with his heart, and he was so ill he nearly died. What happened was, he was taken into hospital and these very clever doctors took a vein out of his leg (a vein is a tube inside you body that carries blood all round the body) and used that piece of vein to mend his heart. I think the vein in his leg with a bit missing will grow again, but I'm not sure about that.

The important thing is that my friend is gradually feeling better and in a few months time will be completely better. But at the moment he is so weak, that he can't properly dress himself or take a shower. His wide has to help him! (And that's quite hard, because he is a big, big man and very heavy). In other words, my frine is like a very very big baby!

LOve from

Grandad Kit and Nana Ann