Sarzonia
15-04-2006, 05:21
First of all, here's a little background. As some of my friends and office mates know, my grandmother had a stroke two weeks ago. She'd been taking care of my great aunt who had colon cancer and beat it, but now has the beginning stages of a form of dementia. With my grandmother's stroke and now the fact that she doesn't feel well in the wake of it, my great aunt needed to go somewhere else, but when Dad tried to explain that she could no longer live with my grandmother, she couldn't understand, saying she'd rather kill herself. She then grabbed a knife and Dad ended up having to call 911.
For the past week, my grandmother has been staying with us, relegating me to a different room in the house. She's showing signs that she's mentally gone by talking about stuff that she seemingly has no idea what she's saying and she's been having a recurring dream that her mother has been coming down from Heaven with her arm outstretched as if to ask her to come with her.
That's usually a sign that someone's days are numbered. If all of the above weren't enough, she and my great aunt were constantly fighting, so that's why my great aunt is staying in a nursing home because if they lived with us, they'd be at each other's throats. My grandmother and my father have been fighting each other constantly too, because my grandmother doesn't listen to my father in spite of the fact that he's taking care of her and he was a registered nurse.
The stress is taking a great toll on my father, to the point where he actually went to the hospital last night worried that he might be having a heart attack. To make a bad situation worse, my father's significant other and I have been going at it, largely because he has been making unreasonable demands on me and has been taking an extremely bossy tone with his orders.
When my father got tired of waiting in the emergency room for someone to take his X-Ray after he got a good report on his EKG, I actually had to drive to the hospital to pick him up at the significant other's behest (in spite of the fact I went to bed at my normal time and I couldn't sleep when I heard the phone ring). I'd also taken the day off from work, again at his behest, but when Dad and I drove back, he said I didn't have to take the day, so I went in to work.
In short, I've got three people in my (very small) family who are all sick. What a way to age someone.
For the past week, my grandmother has been staying with us, relegating me to a different room in the house. She's showing signs that she's mentally gone by talking about stuff that she seemingly has no idea what she's saying and she's been having a recurring dream that her mother has been coming down from Heaven with her arm outstretched as if to ask her to come with her.
That's usually a sign that someone's days are numbered. If all of the above weren't enough, she and my great aunt were constantly fighting, so that's why my great aunt is staying in a nursing home because if they lived with us, they'd be at each other's throats. My grandmother and my father have been fighting each other constantly too, because my grandmother doesn't listen to my father in spite of the fact that he's taking care of her and he was a registered nurse.
The stress is taking a great toll on my father, to the point where he actually went to the hospital last night worried that he might be having a heart attack. To make a bad situation worse, my father's significant other and I have been going at it, largely because he has been making unreasonable demands on me and has been taking an extremely bossy tone with his orders.
When my father got tired of waiting in the emergency room for someone to take his X-Ray after he got a good report on his EKG, I actually had to drive to the hospital to pick him up at the significant other's behest (in spite of the fact I went to bed at my normal time and I couldn't sleep when I heard the phone ring). I'd also taken the day off from work, again at his behest, but when Dad and I drove back, he said I didn't have to take the day, so I went in to work.
In short, I've got three people in my (very small) family who are all sick. What a way to age someone.