April 16, 2012
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The last week just flew by!!!
To be honest, I can't even really remember what happened in what kind of order anymore, so maybe I'll make a few bullet points to put down some of the highlights!
* My grandma had to be readmitted to the hospital in the ICU after being at home for 4 days. She had been released to go home by the nursing home, which a lot of us in the family thought was a bad idea. It turned out that we were right. She was unable to manage her medications and ended up not taking half of what she needed, or else taking the wrong dosage...I'm not sure if anyone is sure which it was at this point. Either way, there are other issues too...just today they have finally gotten some test results back that confirm that at some point over the last few days she has had another heart attack. Insane. She should never have been released to go home by herself. Her mental capacities are not good right now-she is very out of it and thinks that she owns the hospital, and that they are actually leasing space from her, and that she does not need any medications, etc. It is a hard situation.
* Started the algebra class-it is going ok so far. I'm keeping up with the homework, so that is a good thing. I hope at some point that I can get ahead but it might not be too likely between that and everything else going on.
* My parents visited for a day over the weekend...it was a good time. They had my sister's kids with them and so we took all the kids to the park and out for pizza. They left in the afternoon to go home. It was nice.
* Sister is in Denver right now for the final portion of her embalming program. Then I think she'll have to do maybe one more semester of classes before she will be done.
Hmmm. Welll, when sat down I had many more things on my mind to write about but that seems to be all that is coming to mind right now! It was a busy day at work so maybe my brain is fried!!!!
Comments (3)
We went through a similar situation with my grandmother last year. It is hard for everyone. We just took it day by day and tried to make decisions that would give her the best quality of life.
I really hope that everything is ok with your grandmother. It's good that she is back in the hospital getting the care she needs. At the very least, if they decide to release her again, she should have a live-in care taker there or be living in a place where the help and care that she needs is available. I always had trouble with math, and Algebra was super difficult for me. As long as you are keeping on top of the homework and being sure to get help if you don't understand something than you'll be fine. It's nice that you got to all spend a super fun day at the park with some pizza.
I was in Denver 10 days ago, yet my time there was not very enjoyable. Basically I just sat in the airport super bored for 8 hours as I had a connecting flight. It's too bad I couldn't have explored the city for a few hours. Anyways I hope that everything has been going well with you lately. Take care and I'll talk to you later, bye for now.
Kyle
Sorry to hear about your grandmother. Sometimes it seems like life is a roller coaster and you can't get off. Hope she is better soon.
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