So finally she is mostly out of the woods. Life has been hard emotionally...very hard. Birthdays, hospitals, money issues, my son's learning, a new puppy. The joys and sorrows, the ups and downs, the emotional highs and lows. Wheeee! Hang on tight!
Every time I think we can stop a moment, take a breath...that things are calming down WHAM! something else.
Today it was that the "facility" where she has been living thinks the closet they euphemistically call "an apartment" is worth $800 more a month. They have got to be kidding! The nurse there is in large part responsible for how far downhill she got before she got to the hospital. I should put nurse in quotes, too *mutters* There are few people in the world that I genuinely feel disgusted by, she is one of them. I'm a better nurse than she is. We've taken to referring to her as "the angle of death".
Thank God for family. I can't say that enough...thank you thank you thank you! The new crisis started at about 9:15 this morning and after 45minutes and a few phone calls we had a solid plan of attack. The "unacceptable" check for her rent that prompted this morning's unpleasant phone call was stopped, vans, trucks, and hands were lined up...and tonight her belongings find their way into a storage unit.
I think the hardest part was going to see her today knowing this news had to be imparted. She took it well after her initial reaction (which, in all honesty, was the fault of the tack I initially tried to take). Sitting there in her wheelchair next to her hospital bed, listening to TV, eating her wonderful smelling lunch we sat on either side of her and broke the news. "I'm not moving" became "I really don't want to move" and then "That's ridiculous! We can't afford that! I trust you two, I know you'll find a nice place for me."
What a ride so far...
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