Mother in Law goes into the hospital while I was at work a month and 1/2 ago. Was put in the ICU for a perforated and twisted bowel; blood pressure crashes a couple of times. They open her and fix what they find wrong. They have to go back in and fix some leaks; gets an infection from the leaks. Had to be put on a ventilator with a tracheotomy. Stays in ICU almost a month. Seems to be recovering and is sent to a hospital for long term patient recovery. I get home the same day from work off shore Canada. 2nd day there gets jaundice and a fever; white blood cells count spikes. 3rd morning there she's transferred back to the hospital and into ICU. She dies 12 hours later from a section of dead bowel, a septic liver and almost total organ shutdown. A week later we have her funeral.
In the middle of all that my niece's Leukemia comes back. She has to go down to the University Hospital in MSP for chemo because she has some rare form of Leukemia and has to go into isolation for 3 weeks.
A week and 1/2 later after the funeral (last Thursday) I drive my Mother down to Abbot Heart Hospital in MSP for her appointment with the heart surgeon for valve replacement. Work won't let me have time off, have to take leave of abstinence; not a good idea right now when they are looking for people to lay off. I left to go back to work Sunday, she had her procedure yesterday. Doing OK so far for a 82 yr old woman.
Yep, it officially been a crappy month.
Just venting, sorry for the drama!
Forgot to add that we lost $500 in seedling trees and a couple of hundred bucks in newly seeded lawn because no one was around to water them.
In the middle of all that my niece's Leukemia comes back. She has to go down to the University Hospital in MSP for chemo because she has some rare form of Leukemia and has to go into isolation for 3 weeks.
A week and 1/2 later after the funeral (last Thursday) I drive my Mother down to Abbot Heart Hospital in MSP for her appointment with the heart surgeon for valve replacement. Work won't let me have time off, have to take leave of abstinence; not a good idea right now when they are looking for people to lay off. I left to go back to work Sunday, she had her procedure yesterday. Doing OK so far for a 82 yr old woman.
Yep, it officially been a crappy month.
Just venting, sorry for the drama!
Forgot to add that we lost $500 in seedling trees and a couple of hundred bucks in newly seeded lawn because no one was around to water them.
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