Friday, September 16, 2016

I get upset when my sister calls

My husband had an eye appointment yesterday and the doctor suggested cataract surgery. My friend had eye surgery earlier this year. And he has an appointment for his ears next Tuesday. Imagine how good life would be if he could see and hear! Haven't read a new post from the mom whose baby died from the chromosomal disorder. Nothing yesterday or today which is odd. Normally she posts every day. My friend suggested that I see a psychiatrist or attend grief counseling. My mother's funeral was a week ago. I got so upset when my sister called me at work today. Always at work, never at home. She said that my dad breaks down in tears. Well, yes, he has known my mother since she was 16 years old. He is camping at a nearby state park with my brother. She also told me that she and my brother want to write thank yous to their friends. Great idea. My dad wants to take down the ramp in the front of the house. She said that my dad feels conflicted because of my mother's quality of life the last 5 years and that he couldn't do anything because he had to care for her. I took my mother to the nail salon, the grocery store, to a concert. She read and did exercises with her home aide. We played word games, read the paper and watched TV. We laughed and joked together. We went camping at a state park over Labor Day. Is everyone forgetting what she could do? I feel sad that few remember what she could do. It is true that my dad's free time was limited to the time her aides were at the house. My sister said that dad should have gotten mother in hospice earlier, so that her last days would have been more comfortable. Dad was processing, hard to make decisions when you're dying inside. I knew he was working it out, when we told Dad to keep mother in bed and he said, "She can't eat or drink or take her pills in bed." No, she was transitioning to heaven. My sister wants to keep the wheelchairs in case my dad needs them. I told her, "Keep them. I don't care."

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