Through My Eyes
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That's It...I Quit... You know just when I thought things were settling down, that damn other shoe drops. It's not bad enough that mom has this staph infection that is darn near resistant to every antibiotic, but the damn nursing home can't figure out whether she's contagious or not. Since they can't seem to figure that out I keep getting two sides coming at me- the nurses who want her kept in her room with respiratory precautions or moved to the isolation ward in the hospital and the director of nursing who says mom is fine and should just resume all her normal activities. I've talked to her doctor and he says she's not sick enough to go into the hospital. That's true, she appears totally normal and healthy except for a naggy little cough. God only knows what they'll decide to do tomorrow. Now just to add another layer of stress to my already knotted shoulders, dad is having panic attacks. He's not sleeping at night and complains of always being anxious. He even feels so bad that he didn't go to see mom for lunch. Now I know something's wrong. I took today off to be with him and I'm taking tomorrow off to take him into the doctor. I know he's worrying about mom. I just hope the doctor can figure out how to help. Okay maybe I won't quit, but can at least take one heck of a long vacation!!! |