Just when I thought things were getting better...
Since LJ's been acting up lately, I hope this post manages to go through. Ugh. *crosses fingers*
••• On Monday my paternal grandmother had to be taken to the hospital. She was extremely lethargic and falling asleep often, she became unable to walk or even sit or stand upright, and she could barely talk clearly. It got to the point where my dad couldn't handle it by himself and had to call 911. In hindsight, we should've seen this would happen -- lately she's had trouble operating her electric reclining chair, TV, and microwave, she's fallen down more often (without getting herself hurt, thankfully), and when we visited her on Mother's Day she looked very tired, had almost no appetite, and had way more trouble walking outside than she normally does. We found out a bit later on that she hadn't been taking her blood pressure meds (she never liked taking them for some reason; she always said they never worked or that she didn't need them), which was why she was acting so strangely.
Anyway, once she got there things started getting worse. On Tuesday night she got extremely agitated and tried to leave the hospital, but when nurses tried to calm her down she punched one of them. She was moved to another room and was given an extra dose of antipsychotics, which made her really loopy and confused yesterday, to the point of having some minor hallucinations. Of course my dad laughed when he told us some of the things she said because a lot of it was really funny (I wish I could remember some of them D:), but needless to say it freaked us out too. Obviously we're all hoping she gets better, but...She'll be turning 89 next month. And because of her condition, just staying in a hospital is enough to stress her out so much that it actually makes matters worse. With all that and the fact that because of this, she won't be able to go home again because her house is too dangerous? You can see where this is going. And somehow, it just makes it all the more painful. :(
She's supposed to be transferred to a rehab facility in Hamden today; it all depends on when the hospital will perform the last few tests they need to do and whether or not the doctors feel she's ready. I'll update this space if/when we find out that she's been moved or if anything else has happened.
••• The volunteer gig is still going very well; right now I'm working on compiling a list of pediatricians for them, mostly by checking to see if a.) they still work in the state, and b.) if the contact info they have on file is still up-to-date (you'd be surprised about how much of it isn't :P). Even though it sounds boring, I actually find myself kinda enjoying it? Maybe because it doesn't feel nearly as pointless as some of the administrative work I've had to do at my mom's place. ^_^; I do remember being told I'll be helping out with their new website, so I should probably ask about that when I go back next week.
••• So my dermatologist has referred me to another doctor at Yale concerning my psoriasis, and I have an appointment with him next month. It's mostly for a second opinion, though I also expect him to prescribe me oral medications for it -- these meds are the strongest and most likely to work, but they can also be really toxic and require me to go for regular blood tests. Yeah. ._., My skin is hardly in bad shape -- some people have it way worse than me -- but it's just not going away either, and it's been like that for so long that more drastic action has to be taken.
••• Recently I found out that Low, one of my all-time favorite bands, will be performing in Hamden next month, and I'm totally going. :D K. will be going with me too, which is great since we haven't really spoken in a couple of months and haven't seen each other since the last concert we went to. So needless to say, I'm looking forward to it! ;-)
••• Although I haven't posted anything on Tumblr since December, I'm still feeling really tempted to return to it full-time. I've still been using the site in the meantime, but it's been really limited -- usually an hour a day at the very most. I'm glad I took a (semi-)hiatus from it, but I've been wanting to start using it again because I miss a lot of you guys and I'd like to keep in touch with all of you like we did before, and with LJ being broken as it is and DW not taking off like we all thought it would, I understand why many of you would start using a site like Tumblr. Plus, there's a lot of really cool posts on there -- science, art, articles, photography, fanart, quotes, music, etc. -- that I really like and serve as inspiration to me and many of the story/writing ideas I have floating in my head, and I dig having a sort of online "scrapbook" where I can put all that in one place. But there's also so many annoying memes (e.g. "OMG ALL MAH FEELZ," the near-celebration of being a socially awkward shut-in, anything having to do with Loki or Nigel Thornberry or stuff like that, etc.), so many immature teenagers, so much bad stuff with the way politics are discussed, and so much damn drama it sometimes almost makes me sick just to look at it. And a lot of stuff I can't simply just use Tumblr Savior to block, too. >_< I'm generally okay with taking the bad with the good, but sometimes I just want to scrap everything and start over with a new blog. IDK, my feelings about that website are more confused than they have every right to be. :P
••• Now that the fourth season of Community has ended, I can safely say that it was as lackluster and ridiculously unfocused as I feared it would be. :/ I knew going into it that it would be extremely difficult to replicate Dan Harmon's vision of the show, and that it would be totally different from the first three seasons, but I was hoping it was going to be at least somewhat better than what it actually was. I think "Herstory of Dance" was the only episode I wholeheartedly enjoyed; the other episodes had some very good parts and genuinely funny jokes, but I find myself agreeing with the reviews on sites like Flavorwire and the A.V. Club, which say everything I've wanted to say and more. I think it's kinda cool they got a fifth season, but I'm wary about what direction the writers and producers will take it, and I hope they'll figure out how to bring back some of its old je ne sais quoi now that they've been working on it for a bit. So yeah, I'll watch the new season, but it's only out of commitment at this point. ;_;
Oh well, at least last week's Elementary episode was really good? The season finale tonight looks like it'll be awesome too. Anyone else looking forward to it? ^_^;
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••• On Monday my paternal grandmother had to be taken to the hospital. She was extremely lethargic and falling asleep often, she became unable to walk or even sit or stand upright, and she could barely talk clearly. It got to the point where my dad couldn't handle it by himself and had to call 911. In hindsight, we should've seen this would happen -- lately she's had trouble operating her electric reclining chair, TV, and microwave, she's fallen down more often (without getting herself hurt, thankfully), and when we visited her on Mother's Day she looked very tired, had almost no appetite, and had way more trouble walking outside than she normally does. We found out a bit later on that she hadn't been taking her blood pressure meds (she never liked taking them for some reason; she always said they never worked or that she didn't need them), which was why she was acting so strangely.
Anyway, once she got there things started getting worse. On Tuesday night she got extremely agitated and tried to leave the hospital, but when nurses tried to calm her down she punched one of them. She was moved to another room and was given an extra dose of antipsychotics, which made her really loopy and confused yesterday, to the point of having some minor hallucinations. Of course my dad laughed when he told us some of the things she said because a lot of it was really funny (I wish I could remember some of them D:), but needless to say it freaked us out too. Obviously we're all hoping she gets better, but...She'll be turning 89 next month. And because of her condition, just staying in a hospital is enough to stress her out so much that it actually makes matters worse. With all that and the fact that because of this, she won't be able to go home again because her house is too dangerous? You can see where this is going. And somehow, it just makes it all the more painful. :(
She's supposed to be transferred to a rehab facility in Hamden today; it all depends on when the hospital will perform the last few tests they need to do and whether or not the doctors feel she's ready. I'll update this space if/when we find out that she's been moved or if anything else has happened.
••• The volunteer gig is still going very well; right now I'm working on compiling a list of pediatricians for them, mostly by checking to see if a.) they still work in the state, and b.) if the contact info they have on file is still up-to-date (you'd be surprised about how much of it isn't :P). Even though it sounds boring, I actually find myself kinda enjoying it? Maybe because it doesn't feel nearly as pointless as some of the administrative work I've had to do at my mom's place. ^_^; I do remember being told I'll be helping out with their new website, so I should probably ask about that when I go back next week.
••• So my dermatologist has referred me to another doctor at Yale concerning my psoriasis, and I have an appointment with him next month. It's mostly for a second opinion, though I also expect him to prescribe me oral medications for it -- these meds are the strongest and most likely to work, but they can also be really toxic and require me to go for regular blood tests. Yeah. ._., My skin is hardly in bad shape -- some people have it way worse than me -- but it's just not going away either, and it's been like that for so long that more drastic action has to be taken.
••• Recently I found out that Low, one of my all-time favorite bands, will be performing in Hamden next month, and I'm totally going. :D K. will be going with me too, which is great since we haven't really spoken in a couple of months and haven't seen each other since the last concert we went to. So needless to say, I'm looking forward to it! ;-)
••• Although I haven't posted anything on Tumblr since December, I'm still feeling really tempted to return to it full-time. I've still been using the site in the meantime, but it's been really limited -- usually an hour a day at the very most. I'm glad I took a (semi-)hiatus from it, but I've been wanting to start using it again because I miss a lot of you guys and I'd like to keep in touch with all of you like we did before, and with LJ being broken as it is and DW not taking off like we all thought it would, I understand why many of you would start using a site like Tumblr. Plus, there's a lot of really cool posts on there -- science, art, articles, photography, fanart, quotes, music, etc. -- that I really like and serve as inspiration to me and many of the story/writing ideas I have floating in my head, and I dig having a sort of online "scrapbook" where I can put all that in one place. But there's also so many annoying memes (e.g. "OMG ALL MAH FEELZ," the near-celebration of being a socially awkward shut-in, anything having to do with Loki or Nigel Thornberry or stuff like that, etc.), so many immature teenagers, so much bad stuff with the way politics are discussed, and so much damn drama it sometimes almost makes me sick just to look at it. And a lot of stuff I can't simply just use Tumblr Savior to block, too. >_< I'm generally okay with taking the bad with the good, but sometimes I just want to scrap everything and start over with a new blog. IDK, my feelings about that website are more confused than they have every right to be. :P
••• Now that the fourth season of Community has ended, I can safely say that it was as lackluster and ridiculously unfocused as I feared it would be. :/ I knew going into it that it would be extremely difficult to replicate Dan Harmon's vision of the show, and that it would be totally different from the first three seasons, but I was hoping it was going to be at least somewhat better than what it actually was. I think "Herstory of Dance" was the only episode I wholeheartedly enjoyed; the other episodes had some very good parts and genuinely funny jokes, but I find myself agreeing with the reviews on sites like Flavorwire and the A.V. Club, which say everything I've wanted to say and more. I think it's kinda cool they got a fifth season, but I'm wary about what direction the writers and producers will take it, and I hope they'll figure out how to bring back some of its old je ne sais quoi now that they've been working on it for a bit. So yeah, I'll watch the new season, but it's only out of commitment at this point. ;_;
Oh well, at least last week's Elementary episode was really good? The season finale tonight looks like it'll be awesome too. Anyone else looking forward to it? ^_^;
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