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The MIL is still in the hospital. I have spent every day of the past 4 days running around in this impossible heat, bringing food to Dad, taking Dad to the hospital, taking food to Mom, grocery shopping for both families, cooking, washing Mom's soiled gowns, buying flowers, going to the hospital, running, running, running. Seriously. My hips & legs are sore.
Mom's problems all seem to stem from her diabetes. She is insulin-dependent but was also on some oral medication which they had to discontinue recently b/c it was ruining her kidneys. Since she went off that, her blood sugar has been all out of whack. The difficulty breathing appears to have been a build up of fluid around her heart and lungs, b/c her kidneys are not doing their job properly and eliminating that fluid from her body.
They've run all sorts of tests on her and everything else looks good. Except those poor overworked kidneys. I'm not sure how much longer they can go on.
Mom's such a drama queen though so that has given us plenty of entertainment. I'd be sitting there in her hospital room w/ her and the phone would ring - a friend or a family member calling to check on her - and even though she'd been talking just fine w/ me two seconds ago, she reaches for the phone and says, "Hello?" in the most god-awful weak and trembling voice. I pointed that out to Big Daddy and My Kid when they were up there Friday night, and then every time she did it they would crack up laughing.
This morning I told Big Daddy, "I ordered myself a dress and some shoes b/c I have had to see your mother naked not once, BUT TWICE this week and YOU OWE ME." He says, "Oh, OK. How much?" and even though I should have known that the conscientious budgeteer was talking about money, I said, "FULL FRONTAL NUDITY." And he starts laughing and says, "I didn't mean how much of my mother did you see, I meant how much did you spend!"
So, like I said, I am really worn out today but of course Big Daddy had to show me up and stay on a conference call for 27 straight hours starting at 8 a.m. yesterday morning so now I can't really complain about being tired.
Tomorrow My Kid starts high school. But I think that's another post altogether.
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3 comments:
I have those shoes in black. Good stuff. And you totally deserve them!
Bummer about high school starting. We've got another three weeks-ish left, and I need it!
Wow. I admire you for all the care and attention you're giving your MIL and FIL too.
And, double Wow to your Kid starting HS. I'm sure you're the coolest mom - - esp with those amazing new shoes!
I just want you to know, you're not alone in your seeing old people naked thing. When I was newlywed, we lived in the basement of my husband's grandparents house. And his grandmother wouldn't shower, only bathe. Guess who had to help her up? *shudder* Yeah. I feel for you.
My baby starts school for the very first time in 2 weeks. I can't imagine her starting high school. They grow up so fast!!
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