This has been an interesting past few days ... to say the least.
On Thursday I get a text from my brother asking me if I'd heard how mom was doing. I hadn't, so asked him what he meant. He told me he thought she'd gone into the hospital for an evaluation of her heart. I panicked because I knew she'd been having a lot of shoulder/neck/arm pain, and so thought maybe she'd had a heart attack. Called her and found out that she had been in the hospital for an MRI to find out what was going on with her neck/shoulder - nothing to do with her heart.
Results of MRI showed that she had three bulging discs which were on the verge of causing paralysis. More visits with doctors, etc., and she has a surgery scheduled for Tuesday morning to replace three discs with artificial ones.
Stepdad told me that if there was any way I could talk her into coming back here where we could care for her, to please do it. She'd told him she wasn't happy with her new "friend" but felt trapped. New friend lives on third floor of an apartment building, and with her neck/shoulder issues, she could not move out herself -- and he wasn't willing to help her move out.
Mom texts me on Friday and when I call her tells me that if stepdad is willing to not talk/ask about his and mom's relationship status for the next two-three weeks (so focus be totally on recovery) that she was ready to end the "friendship". I told her to name the time and he and I would be there to get her out.
Stepdad agreed to mom's conditions with no qualms. We got there a bit before 7 p.m. Mom texted me and told me that if stepdad came in, "friend" would call the police. So that meant that I got to carry everything out of the apartment, and then met stepdad on the second floor landing. I met my exercise quota for the day plus quite a bit. It took about 30 minutes of steady trips with oversized loads, but we got out of there with minimal drama.
Buddy is *estatic* to have mom back home. He follows her everywhere. Even though I've been the main one responsible for his care since he was brought home, he still somehow gets that she is his actual "owner".
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I was thinking that tomorrow I'd go get a haircut since I have some cashflow again. The last time I got one was in early December. I need to check and see what places are around here. I'm hoping to get away with spending $20 or preferably less.
Drama, Drama
September 5th, 2010 at 01:32 am
September 5th, 2010 at 02:12 am 1283652737
Last night, I dreamed I was moving someone out of their house and that I put my hair on someone else (!) so that I could see to evenly cut my own hair in the back. I think it was my brother who wore my hair for this. To do the hair trim, we were in a small bathroom that was really used for someone's dog. I think I dreamed the elements of _your_ life or something....Sorry, weird of me even to mention it.
September 5th, 2010 at 03:21 am 1283656873
Thanks for sharing your dream ... it made me lol.
September 5th, 2010 at 02:20 pm 1283696412
September 5th, 2010 at 03:41 pm 1283701277
I hope all goes well with your mother's surgery.
P.S. Here in Austin Great Clips sometimes has $7.99 haircut specials.
September 5th, 2010 at 04:11 pm 1283703084
I agree with scfr. Your mom is lucky to have such understanding folks!
September 5th, 2010 at 04:32 pm 1283704361
By the way, we had my daughter's terrier, Lola for 2 years and everytime she visited, Lola would always go jump on her lap! She knew who here real "mom" was.
September 5th, 2010 at 05:37 pm 1283708231
I will check out Great Clips and Cost Cutters. I think there is a Great Clips near here, but I'm not sure about Cost Cutters.
September 5th, 2010 at 06:35 pm 1283711748
September 11th, 2010 at 12:05 am 1284163539
September 11th, 2010 at 12:09 am 1284163756
Yep, everything is going about as well as can be expected. Mom came home on Wednesday and is busy recovering.
Where I am got hit with tons of rain and good wind, but no flooding or tornadoes. There was a tornado that touched down near the Dallas/Lovefield airport -- not sure about the other ones.
How'd you fare in Austin? Wait, you were away weren't you?