Scary times
Five month anniversary of when mom died today, and I got a call from my dad's renter at 8:30 to say he'd just called 911 and was on his way to the hospital in an ambulance.
He's diabetic, and has had the flu for the past 3-4 days. This morning apparently his lips and right arm were numb and tingling, so he got worried. I was really fine, figuring he was just dehydrated fromthe flu, until I started really thinking about it. He went to the same hospital that my mom spent so much time (and died) in and while in my head I know that it is a great hospital and I am thankful for them for everything they did for mom, it just fucked with my head and I had a rough day mentally.
My sisters went to the hospital (I had my little brother at my place, and for various reasons I didn't want to leave him home alone, and it wouldn't have helped matters to bring him to the hospital with me) and he was released after a few hours. They want him to check with his primary doctor right away to go over his sugars and also have an artery in his neck checked for blockage or something. He got an appointment for Wednesday and Sha will be able to go with him so that's good.
He's okay. But he just doesn't take care of himself very well and I worry about him a lot.
Also, they took him out on the gurney in his shorts and t-shirt and he didn't grab any pants or shoes or anything. So he had to walk out of the hospital to the car in shorts and bare feet. :)
He's diabetic, and has had the flu for the past 3-4 days. This morning apparently his lips and right arm were numb and tingling, so he got worried. I was really fine, figuring he was just dehydrated fromthe flu, until I started really thinking about it. He went to the same hospital that my mom spent so much time (and died) in and while in my head I know that it is a great hospital and I am thankful for them for everything they did for mom, it just fucked with my head and I had a rough day mentally.
My sisters went to the hospital (I had my little brother at my place, and for various reasons I didn't want to leave him home alone, and it wouldn't have helped matters to bring him to the hospital with me) and he was released after a few hours. They want him to check with his primary doctor right away to go over his sugars and also have an artery in his neck checked for blockage or something. He got an appointment for Wednesday and Sha will be able to go with him so that's good.
He's okay. But he just doesn't take care of himself very well and I worry about him a lot.
Also, they took him out on the gurney in his shorts and t-shirt and he didn't grab any pants or shoes or anything. So he had to walk out of the hospital to the car in shorts and bare feet. :)