my mom's in the hospital again
She didn't call or go into work, so some coworkers came to her house to check on her. They found her on the floor. By the time EMS got there, she was unresponsive.
In the ER, she had a cardiac arrest, but they got her going again. She's on a respirator. Her kidneys are working again, now that she's on an IV. Her blood pressure would be low, except for the drugs they're giving her. They faxed me a medical release form, and I faxed it back.
I couldn't get a decent flight out of Tampa to Chattanooga, so Megan and I rented a car. We're leaving tomorrow morning. I can't sleep.
For all your life, your parents are the ones taking care of you. I see it with my son. I think I'll always be trying to care and protect him.. even when I'm 60 and he's 30 - like me.
But you don't ever expect the tables to turn. I mean.. yeah. you see YOUR parents doing it with your GRANDPARENTS. So.. I know it was going to happen one day.
But not today.
I didn't ever see it happening so soon.
She's my mom. She took care of me.
Now it's my turn to take care of her.
I don't want her to be sick.
I don't want to go to her funeral if that happens...
I don't want to plan that, or handle her assets, or final bills, or read her will, or bury her, or any of that shit. I just want my mom. I just want her to be my mom. I want my son to know his grandmom. To know how wonderful and sweet she is and how much she loves him. How happy she was when he was born. All he knows of her is that she's "grandma d'lisa". He probably won't remember her :(
It makes me very sad.
In the ER, she had a cardiac arrest, but they got her going again. She's on a respirator. Her kidneys are working again, now that she's on an IV. Her blood pressure would be low, except for the drugs they're giving her. They faxed me a medical release form, and I faxed it back.
I couldn't get a decent flight out of Tampa to Chattanooga, so Megan and I rented a car. We're leaving tomorrow morning. I can't sleep.
For all your life, your parents are the ones taking care of you. I see it with my son. I think I'll always be trying to care and protect him.. even when I'm 60 and he's 30 - like me.
But you don't ever expect the tables to turn. I mean.. yeah. you see YOUR parents doing it with your GRANDPARENTS. So.. I know it was going to happen one day.
But not today.
I didn't ever see it happening so soon.
She's my mom. She took care of me.
Now it's my turn to take care of her.
I don't want her to be sick.
I don't want to go to her funeral if that happens...
I don't want to plan that, or handle her assets, or final bills, or read her will, or bury her, or any of that shit. I just want my mom. I just want her to be my mom. I want my son to know his grandmom. To know how wonderful and sweet she is and how much she loves him. How happy she was when he was born. All he knows of her is that she's "grandma d'lisa". He probably won't remember her :(
It makes me very sad.