My Family

[Greg]

I think that's an additional subscription fee.

[Greg]

Okay. I figured my mother had another couple of weeks until she was back in the ER. But, no. She went back in yesterday for a nose that would not stop bleeding. It took them three hours to get it under control. Then they realized she has a partially collapsed lung and she probably has sepsis again. Or still. And anemia. They admitted her and we are back in the cycle of hospital and then rehab.

[Drunk Monk]

Oof. Sorry to hear.

[Greg]

While in hospital, my mother decided to fire her care giver. She is afraid of her. My theory is that my mother is pissed that the caregiver does what she wants on occasion and doesn't listen to my mother. Anyway the mad scramble is on for Roberta to find a new caregiver in time for my mother's arrival home from the hospital which could be today.

[King Bob]

I would have figured a bit longer hospital stay from your description.

[Drunk Monk]

Likewise. 

You and your sibs need to take over completely asap. I’m sure that’s rough with your mom being Ox4 but I suspect it’ll only get worse.

[Greg]

Another doctor came in and dismissed the previous diagnosis. Couldn't understand why she had been admitted for a nose bleed.

[Drunk Monk]

Wow. Such disaparity. I'm wrasslin with my mom's medical right now, but that beats anything I'm dealing with right now.

[Greg]

Quite the maelstrom of madness swirling around. The excitement of last weekend was tempered by what is happening in 'Toga. When I finished with Master Tu, I checked my phone to discover my phone had twenty five texts. Some were about behind the scenes Tu conversations I was not privy to, thankfully, but most were about my mom.

It's ugly up there. My sister Stephanie flew in. My mom has decided that Steph is trying to kill my mother. My mother had to go back to the hospital because her oxygen levels plummeted. She fired the caregiver because the caregiver tried to murder her. A police report was filed. Interviews were taken.

My mother returned home Monday completely psychotic. Both my sisters were accused of stealing my mother's money. They are holding her hostage in the house. She wants the fired caregiver back.

My belief is she is not getting enough oxygen to the brain and it is misfiring badly.

Things are made worse by the current fight between my sisters over what is to be done. A lot of talk is made about getting on the same page, but that is just code for why aren't you doing what I want?

Good thing that election happened to calm us all down.

[King Bob]

Good luck Greg.

[Drunk Monk]

Rough. 

Regarding her brain oxygen, there's always a desire of a rational mind to explain an irrational one. But irrationality tosses any rational rules out the window. I wrestled with that for over a decade with my dad, trying to get at his underlying issues as if I could solve them through some obtuse logic like I do when talking people through bad acid trips. Eventually I let go of that attachment and just tried to be present with him. 

Let me know if I can help in any way.

[Greg]

True. I want an explanation. This switch to full on paranoia came very quickly. And it coincided with her recent oxygen problems.

It's a mess. We just have to ride it out at this point, I think.

[King Bob]

My mom went through a paranoid phase. It was a very hard time. I thought maybe she was aware of her diminishing mental capacity and it was fear driven, but who knows? She got mad at me and said she never wanted to see me again, and I was very relieved to be rid of her. But then she called non-stop until I answered, so the respite was brief. After quite some time after that she decided she needed to move into assisted living, and I'm still not sure how that happened - maybe a lucid phase. Right after the move she was saying we forced her. But she was never again that paranoid, so maybe your mom come out the other side. Or cross over to the other side.

[Drunk Monk]

My mom has paranoid moments but nothing nearly as extreme as what you guys experienced/are experiencing. She was always a worrier. She worries there's not enough money and doesn't want to live to 100 (there's enough money if she does thanks to my dad's wise investing). 

The bulk of the bad trips I deal with are paranoia attacks, but it's completely different. The drugs wear off (usually). That was a major frustration with working with my dad.

[Greg]

WHY CAN'T YOU BE RATIONAL!?!?