Old Lady Sells House to Help Grandson and Vanishes, a Year Later She Turns Up — Story of the Day
Winona sold her house to save her grandson Tommy’s life but placed him in foster care to get back on her feet. But when she returned, Tommy had been adopted, so she rushed and did the unthinkable.
Each passing minute outside the operation theater started weighing heavier. It had been five agonizing hours since 55-year-old Winona’s precious grandson, Tommy, 5, was rushed in for heart surgery.
Finally, the door swung open, and the doctor came out, taking off his scrub cap, as Winona ran to him anxiously…
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“Mrs. Taylor, great news! The operation was a success. Your grandson will regain consciousness shortly,” said the doctor as Winona teared up.
It felt like a thousand tonnes were lifted off her shoulders when Winona heard those words. She smiled through her tears at seeing little Tommy in the hospital bed.
“Mrs. Taylor?” The doctor interrupted Winona. “Sorry for asking you this…I overheard you talking on the phone earlier about selling your house. Did you have to sell it for your grandson’s heart surgery?”
A grave silence and an untold agony flushed into Winona’s face as she tearfully looked up at the doctor. “It’s just a house, doctor…I would do anything for my grandson…even trade my life to save his life if that was what God wanted. Tommy’s all I’ve got…”
Having said that, Winona retired to the hallway outside the ward and slipped out her phone. “Yes, I’m at the City Hospital…” She informed child protective services. “I’m ready to sign the necessary paperwork and hand over my grandson…will be waiting for you.”
It was an unbearably difficult decision for Winona. She had sold her humble house on the outskirts of town to afford Tommy’s surgery. Now with no roof over their heads and nothing much left in savings, she decided to put him in foster care until she got back on her feet.
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When the CPS arrived, Winona tearfully explained her situation to them. “…but it’s just a temporary arrangement, Sir,” Winona told the social workers. “I’ll hopefully return in a year to take my grandson with me once I stabilize my finances and get a new house. Till then, I want Tommy to have someone to look after him.”
As soon as she signed the placement agreement, Winona gingerly walked into Tommy’s ward and brushed his soft chestnut hair while he was still unconscious.
“Goodbye, sweetie,”...