Oh, the weather outside is frightful

Posted by Lanel on December 6, 2009

Very, very frightful

It’s COLD.

That would be FREAKING cold to anyone who doesn’t know what cold is.  Do you like the little igloo so you really know that it’s going to be COLD this week?

The past ten days have been interesting for anyone who hasn’t heard.  My dad’s been visiting since the middle of November.  Thanksgiving my brother and I took him to the ER.  He was in for four days and had surgery.  They released him (I thought he was fine to go home) and was home for 48 hours before I took him back.  He’s still there.  They’re doing lots of tests trying to figure out why he’s been having these issues for so long.

It sucks something fierce having him in the hospital.  And, it’s been 10 days now (cause really the two days he was home were just like having him in the hospital only I didn’t have as far to go to visit).  But, I lost confidence in his medical care in California quite a while ago so I really like that someone new and not at all associated with his regular doctor is reviewing his case and giving us some idea of what’s going on.  I feel like we’re getting answers and even if I don’t like all of them I feel like they are the truth and that we’re actually doing something.

Of course, ten days in the hospital and I’ve been there every day and he’s getting feisty.  That’s a nice way to say that he was a complete jerk today.  I finally left because he was just being mean.  You can only be called a “pest”, “annoying”, “a pain” so many times before you just want to walk away.  So, I did.  I told him he was being mean, he was a jerk again so I left.  When I left he said “you know I’m just kidding” but after a while it gets old and annoying.  We had a bit of an argument and he said “see you tomorrow” and I said “maybe”.  He was kind of snotty when he said “if I call you tomorrow and ask you to come you will”.  I just looked him in the eye and said “maybe, but I won’t be here if you’re going to continue to be mean to me”.

It’s not like I’m being mean.  Yes, I ask him to go for walks quite a bit.  IT’S GOOD FOR HIM.  Yes, I encourage him to get out of bed and sit in the chair.  HE NEEDS TO.  When I ask I look at his response, I can tell if he’s really tired or if he’s just being lazy.  (Heck, I usually know if he’s really not up to a walk before I even ask!)  If he’s just being stubborn or lazy I’ll push a little but I have NEVER forced him to get up.  If he’s tired and falls asleep I just sit there and read or I’ll leave.  One time I kept waking him up and that’s only because he asked me to because he wanted to sleep that night and didn’t want to sleep all day.

So, yeah, today was a little annoying.  I didn’t get there until late because I HAD to do some laundry and some cleaning.  But, he did not need to be such an ass to me.