Mum, NY, and this weekend
Those of you following me on Twitter already know, my Mum's been in the hospital for a while after a silent heart attack. They've been treating her, and she seemed to be improving, although treating the heart & lung issues caused kidney issues, and treating the kidney issues made the heart & lung issues worse. So, they started her on dialysis, and she hasn't perked up the way they were expecting. As a matter of fact, today the doctor called and he's suggesting it's time for comfort (hospice) care instead of treatment.
I asked him to hold off on that for one more day, and leviathanmuse and I are going to go up to NY tomorrow to hopefully at least see her. I don't know what else will be going on, I don't know how long I'll be there, and I don't know what mental shape I'm going to be in with all of this.
Without leviathanmuse I'd be totally lost. My half-sister is in England with a family, so it's not like she can just pick up and rush out here without any warning. My dad died years ago. Technically, because my half-sister was raised in England, I was raised as an only child (I didn't even know about her until I needed a copy of my birth certificate and there's a 'other children born to the mother' box that had a 1 in it instead of a 0). So, direct family-wise, it's really just me.
Anyway, if I'm absent (more than I have been recently), you know why. I'm bringing the laptop and iPod, so I'll be able to update if we have wi-fi. I don't think I'll be doing much fannish stuff (RP, icontests, whatever) this weekend, depending on how stressed out I am, or how much time I'm spending in the hospital, etc. etc..
So, just to let you guys know what's going on. I'm crossposting this on the two active pup journals, too (youngerpetrelli and rocksaltshotgun) so folks know what's up.
I asked him to hold off on that for one more day, and leviathanmuse and I are going to go up to NY tomorrow to hopefully at least see her. I don't know what else will be going on, I don't know how long I'll be there, and I don't know what mental shape I'm going to be in with all of this.
Without leviathanmuse I'd be totally lost. My half-sister is in England with a family, so it's not like she can just pick up and rush out here without any warning. My dad died years ago. Technically, because my half-sister was raised in England, I was raised as an only child (I didn't even know about her until I needed a copy of my birth certificate and there's a 'other children born to the mother' box that had a 1 in it instead of a 0). So, direct family-wise, it's really just me.
Anyway, if I'm absent (more than I have been recently), you know why. I'm bringing the laptop and iPod, so I'll be able to update if we have wi-fi. I don't think I'll be doing much fannish stuff (RP, icontests, whatever) this weekend, depending on how stressed out I am, or how much time I'm spending in the hospital, etc. etc..
So, just to let you guys know what's going on. I'm crossposting this on the two active pup journals, too (youngerpetrelli and rocksaltshotgun) so folks know what's up.