Thank you everyone.
I would like to use this occasion to implore that please give your grandparents your care and attention before they are no longer there. At times, their love and affection is purer and more unconditional than that of your parents.
My grandmother fractured her hip bone in August and has been bedridden since, which is the worse thing that can happen to a person in old age. Her hip replacement surgery was successful, but because of the complete lack of mobility, it lead to multiple complications. Without getting into technicalities and medical jagnor, in simple terms, her heart, lungs and kidneys started to malfunction.
As a result of the accumulation of fluid in her lungs, she felt suffocated all the time. She couldn't sleep or eat; it was constant torture, and since there was no cure, death was the best thing for her in this situation.
Although I feel empty because of the feeling that I will never see her again, I am actually content because she is no longer in pain. She had suffered enough.
I will be 26 this year and will be married in a couple of years, but the only thing by grandmother cared about was whether I had eaten food and always thought that I'm hungry.
I moved to the U.S. few months back for specialization, and her only concern was whether I was eating food and taking care of my health. I came back in Pakistan after she got critical, and her last conversion with me few days back was whether I had taken my lunch or not, and this was when she was at the height of her suffering. She wasn't bothered about my professional commitments, she only cared about my wellbeing.
Such unparalleled and selfless affection is only courtesy of your grandparents. No one else is going to pray for you all the time and not worry about anything but your happiness.