i let it rain on me
We went to the hospital last night and my mother was up and sitting in a chair. She's cranky and in pain (they've given her a heart-shaped pillow to clutch to her chest to help with the pain, along with some good drugs), but she looks good. The doctor is pleased with the results of the surgery. She's being moved out of ICU and I imagine they'll start her walking around soon. My dad's hoping she'll be home over the weekend, but I'm trying not to have any expectations.
I'm trying to figure out my PTO situation, to see if I can take next week off if she does come home, because that would be easier for all of us, and I'd feel better if I were around to manage the laundry, shopping, cooking, and medication schedule (I realize that there's going to be a nurse coming in, but I don't know how often or for how long), at least at first. I'm going to need every scant ounce of patience I possess, and exhaustion makes me even more short-tempered than usual, so not having to spend four hours a day commuting back and forth to work for half a day would be helpful.
I so do not want to be at work right now. I just want to sleep. Sigh.
I'm leaving comments open, because I hate turning them off, but as usual with my posts on this situation, it's unlikely I'll respond. I truly appreciate your kind words and good thoughts, but I just don't have the capacity to answer right now.
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I'm trying to figure out my PTO situation, to see if I can take next week off if she does come home, because that would be easier for all of us, and I'd feel better if I were around to manage the laundry, shopping, cooking, and medication schedule (I realize that there's going to be a nurse coming in, but I don't know how often or for how long), at least at first. I'm going to need every scant ounce of patience I possess, and exhaustion makes me even more short-tempered than usual, so not having to spend four hours a day commuting back and forth to work for half a day would be helpful.
I so do not want to be at work right now. I just want to sleep. Sigh.
I'm leaving comments open, because I hate turning them off, but as usual with my posts on this situation, it's unlikely I'll respond. I truly appreciate your kind words and good thoughts, but I just don't have the capacity to answer right now.
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This entry at DW: http://musesfool.dreamwidth.org/259655.html.
people have commented there.