I had one grandpa slowly die in a hospital... by the end he was begging to go and instead of being sad when he died, we were all more releived than anything.
Last summer my other grandpa went relatively quickly, we knew it was coming and had about a months warning to say goodbye etc... he went downhill very fast. Was a very hard thing to deal with but for his sake, I'm extremely glad it ended like that.
Eileen,