No one told me..My grandfather is sick and in the hospital..

People can be very quirky about their medical condition. Either telling people to get attention or not telling people to avoid attention. I cannot explain it to you very well, but it is how it is and a person has their approach to their medical health that probably won't change no matter how hard you try.

That is a bad news. I hope your grandfather will recover as soon as possible. That usually happens in the family wherein some family members would hide some information about you. That's for you not to worry much as well. But they should also think that we are just concerned with what happened with our loved ones. Kudos.

People do this because they don't want you to worry. My father will tell everyone about every ailment - from a hang nail to his arthritis. Mom, had a major heart attack and a quadruple bypass and told everyone the whole time that she was fine. She is having problems now and is going to the doctor for dizziness but will not tell me about it. I have to find out from my sister, who get to know because she takes my mother to the doctor. He probably wanted to spare every one the worry. BTW who is the cutie in the picture. She is adorable.

I am really sorry and sad to hear that. I think it can be understanding. In fact your grandfather doesn't want more people to be worried about him. I am glad that tomorrow he will be back home. Actually I may go to the hospital to have an operation by the end of this month, but not many people know it anyway because I don't want more people to be worried about me, too.

Hi there.. Old people tend to be like that. They don't want us the younger ones to worry about them and let them be a burden to us. What they don't know or realize is that they are part of our lives. That we can not simply ignore them and just get on our lives without thinking about them. Just tell him how much you care and love them.

Their must have a good explanation for not telling you but i hope that your grandfather health will be better soon.

He probably had you just as worried by not telling you as you would have been if you had known the news. It is not nice to have to find out about these things like that. I know your pregnant and maybe he didn't want you worried and stressed. But seems it had that opposite affect. When family is out of state I always learn about things after they are home and okay again. I say why not call and let me know..their answer..we didn't want to worry you. That just makes us worry more then and think about it more. Or atleast I do. I do hope that your grandfather is going to be okay. I lost my granfather a few years ago and he was one special man and I miss him dearly and it is hard to lose someone like him and I know that you are close to yours as well and tell him next time he tries to pull that stunt of not telling you that your going to tear him a new one..lol

I am sorry to know that. I am very close and attached to my grandfather , he will come atleast once in three days meet me and go , you just reminded me to check my grand pa's health he his almost 75 years old now by the grace of God he his strong, God should bless him and your grand pa for more and more number of years. Even I had a relative same like you who did the same thing when my Grand ma was not well but now she is fine.

I can understand why your granfather asked that you and the others not be told about his condition. Maybe he does not want you to worry or that he does not want to bother you with hospital visits. It may not make sense to you but if that's how he feels about it then let it be. Just pray for him to get well and better soon.

People do this sometimes, probably because it could have been a minor issue and he did not want relatives to worry. Also, he might have wanted to be left alone and not wanted a flood of visitors. Many people do this. Have a chat with your grandfather. :) He will tell you why he did this. Cheers and happy mylotting

I am sorry to hear about your grandfather. I would be upset too if I were in your position. I guess he did not want anyone worrying about him, but did he honestly think that no one would ever find out?

im so sorry to hear about your grandad being ill and i hope gets better soon maybe your grandad didnt want to worry anybody, i think people who are ill sometimes make the wrong decisions regarding these sorts of things and im sure he wasnt trying to hurt you xxx

Some people are just so private. My dad is like that. I have no idea what he does or when he does it. He just sorta pops by every once in a while and I think that it is weird. I hope your grandpa is doing well.

This is the worst part of living a social life . You are so close to your grandfather yet you didn't get the news of his illness timely . Anyway, may your grandfather get well soon and see your smiling face .

It's not right for relatives to do that, but perhaps the reason your grandfather didn't want anyone to know, was because he didn't want anyone to worry. Try talking to him, ask him why he didn't want anyone to know, then ask him if there's anything you can do to help.