Buying Suits
Mom is back in the hospital, with fluid accumulating in her chest and an irregular and very rapid heartbeat. They called an ambulance this morning when her heart raced to 180 beats a minute and she couldn't get her breath. At the hospital they got her heart stabilized but the medicine caused her blood pressure to drop very low. They drained the fluid which helped her breathing, but she's still in the hospital.
They're meeting with her doctors tomorrow to discuss whether they can put a drain in her chest to keep the fluid down, and what else they can do for her. No one can give us a timeline. But they say that since the cancer cells are on her heart, it could be sudden, it could be any time.
I may be going out there sooner than I planned. Maybe in a few days, rather than in a few weeks. I was supposed to go for a visit.
I hope whenever I go it's just for a visit.
I bought a suit today. It's black with blue and white pinstripes. I got a lavender dress shirt and purple and black tie to wear with it. My mom's spirit wouldn't recognize me at her memorial service if I showed up looking like a banker in grey and light blue with a conservative tie.
I hate that I'm at the buying-a-suit stage already.
They're meeting with her doctors tomorrow to discuss whether they can put a drain in her chest to keep the fluid down, and what else they can do for her. No one can give us a timeline. But they say that since the cancer cells are on her heart, it could be sudden, it could be any time.
I may be going out there sooner than I planned. Maybe in a few days, rather than in a few weeks. I was supposed to go for a visit.
I hope whenever I go it's just for a visit.
I bought a suit today. It's black with blue and white pinstripes. I got a lavender dress shirt and purple and black tie to wear with it. My mom's spirit wouldn't recognize me at her memorial service if I showed up looking like a banker in grey and light blue with a conservative tie.
I hate that I'm at the buying-a-suit stage already.