Decisions

I have a very interesting decision to make regarding Thanksgiving weekend. My parents are going to leave the Friday after Thanksgiving to go to Atlanta. They are going to visit my dad's mom who has been sick for awhile but it recovering, sort of. My grandmother has been on dialysis for three years and is almost 80 years old. It has finally taken a toll on her body and it appears to be shutting down. She was in the hospital for two weeks last month because she had pneumonia and a heart attack and possibly a stroke. We do not know exactly as neither do the doctors. The reason she went into the hospital in the first place was because she refused to eat anything. She was down to 90 pounds and still losing weight. So a few weeks ago me and my family went down there and spent a weekend with her in the hospital and it appeared as if she was not going to make it. My brother's wife, a doctor, suggested that they move hospitals because it appeared to her that she was not being properly cared for. After she moved, she began to eat a little and recovered somewhat. She was then released to her home and my parents went down to make sure everything was going smoothly ( I was at a tennis tournament or I would have also gone). So now she is home and has two different caretakers to help her out, but now she is not eating again and weighs only 80 pounds. My parents said they were going to go there for Thanksgiving to see how she was doing and see how my grandfather was holding up. My parents gave me the option to go with or stay at home, citing that I am an adult who can make his own decisions and I don't have to go if I do not want to. There are some people coming in for Thanksgiving break who I am really excited to see and it would be very advantageous, for several reasons, to be able to have the house to myself for this time. On the other hand, I would feel like complete shit if I had the opportunity to see my grandma before she dies and then dies before I get to see her again. I have asked a few friends and surprisingly they were all on the side of staying home and seeing my grandmother at a later date. But what if that is not possible? I also have to factor in that My uncle and his family live there. My family does not really get along at all with their family especially my aunt. So those times are always really fun. My aunt is this super crazy baptist, I love Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck and everything to do with conservatism and FOX news. So what will I do? Either way I will be somewhat upset that I could not have both, but "You can't always get what you want."