They Say What They Say

Just when I thought it was safe to make plans for the weekend, mum ended up in hospital today. Pneumonia again, apparently, although I saw her last Sunday and she seemed fine then, and my sister said she was really good when she had her over for dinner on Monday. Yet tonight she's in hospital again and once again my sister is pissed off with having all this dumped on top of her, I'm feeling guilty for not being able to do more and our brother is being not at all helpful.

I don't know what to do. If I could find a half decent job in the old home town I'd move back, but there zero and zilch for me to do there and commuting to and from Melbourne is not the answer because I'd hardly be home at all. Mum's great when she's well, but this is happening more and more frequently and it can't go on. Sooner or later we're going to have to play the medical power of attorney card with her and basically force her to move into an assisted living facility. We'd rather not, but what other choice have we got?

Just when I thought it was safe to make plans for the weekend, mum ended up in hospital today. Pneumonia again, apparently, although I saw her last Sunday and she seemed fine then, and my sister said she was really good when she had her over for dinner on Monday. Yet tonight she's in hospital again and once again my sister is pissed off with having all this dumped on top of her, I'm feeling guilty for not being able to do more and our brother is being not at all helpful.

I don't know what to do. If I could find a half decent job in the old home town I'd move back, but there zero and zilch for me to do there and commuting to and from Melbourne is not the answer because I'd hardly be home at all. Mum's great when she's well, but this is happening more and more frequently and it can't go on. Sooner or later we're going to have to play the medical power of attorney card with her and basically force her to move into an assisted living facility. We'd rather not, but what other choice have we got?

Mum's sick again. I spent the weekend in the old home town doing stuff for her and was on the phone to my sister for most of this morning as we tried to work out what to do with her. It sounds terrible, but when she goes to see the doctor tomorrow I hope and pray that he puts her in hospital. It's the best place for her at the moment. N has the kids, we both have to work and we honestly can't do any more than we're already doing. Our brother is useless unavailable and at least if she were admitted we can be sure that she's being taken care of and we wouldn't have to worry so much.

*sigh*

Mum's sick again. I spent the weekend in the old home town doing stuff for her and was on the phone to my sister for most of this morning as we tried to work out what to do with her. It sounds terrible, but when she goes to see the doctor tomorrow I hope and pray that he puts her in hospital. It's the best place for her at the moment. N has the kids, we both have to work and we honestly can't do any more than we're already doing. Our brother is useless unavailable and at least if she were admitted we can be sure that she's being taken care of and we wouldn't have to worry so much.

*sigh*

I've been traversing the far reaches of the Mallee district with my mum the last few days where I stayed in a little hotel in a town with a population of around 300. Sam and Dean would have felt right at home in what passes for accommodation at the the Managatang pub. I have therefore been off line for days and only got home at 4pm today. I'm not even going to try and catch up with my flist. Just thinking about skip=five gazillion is giving me a headache.

Anyway, I'm home, I've done the dishes, I have sparkling wine to drink and there are new Winchesters on my TV. I also have four invite codes to Dreamwidth if anyone wants one. If you do, drop a comment here.

I've been traversing the far reaches of the Mallee district with my mum the last few days where I stayed in a little hotel in a town with a population of around 300. Sam and Dean would have felt right at home in what passes for accommodation at the the Managatang pub. I have therefore been off line for days and only got home at 4pm today. I'm not even going to try and catch up with my flist. Just thinking about skip=five gazillion is giving me a headache.

Anyway, I'm home, I've done the dishes, I have sparkling wine to drink and there are new Winchesters on my TV. I also have four invite codes to Dreamwidth if anyone wants one. If you do, drop a comment here.

My sister had a breakthrough in the campaign to get mum to move into a retirement village today.

We've identified this great place near where she currently lives, but the only problem was, we weren't sure if they would let her bring her dog with her and kept getting conflicting information each time we asked. One person said they'd let new residents bring their current pet with them; another said they'd accept cats but not dogs, while someone else said they wouldn't let the residents have pets at all. Well, N finally spoke the to manager today and hurrah, they do allow dogs!

We wouldn't have stood a chance of getting mum out of the house if she couldn't bring her dog with her or have him come and live with one of us. But I can't take him because I don't have the room, N won't take him because she doesn't like him and he's not the sort of dog you can have around kids, so that left my brother who is now in Warnambool. He can potentially take him, but he'd be very reluctant to do so because of his own dog, and mum would hate not being able to see the pooch on a regular basis. We were trying (and failing) to come up with a solution on the weekend so this news is the best ever. Now we just have to get mum to put her name down on the waiting list and start getting her house ready to sell.

Oh dear, I'm going to have to find a new home for the 300+ sewing patterns I have stored there, aren't I?

My sister had a breakthrough in the campaign to get mum to move into a retirement village today.

We've identified this great place near where she currently lives, but the only problem was, we weren't sure if they would let her bring her dog with her and kept getting conflicting information each time we asked. One person said they'd let new residents bring their current pet with them; another said they'd accept cats but not dogs, while someone else said they wouldn't let the residents have pets at all. Well, N finally spoke the to manager today and hurrah, they do allow dogs!

We wouldn't have stood a chance of getting mum out of the house if she couldn't bring her dog with her or have him come and live with one of us. But I can't take him because I don't have the room, N won't take him because she doesn't like him and he's not the sort of dog you can have around kids, so that left my brother who is now in Warnambool. He can potentially take him, but he'd be very reluctant to do so because of his own dog, and mum would hate not being able to see the pooch on a regular basis. We were trying (and failing) to come up with a solution on the weekend so this news is the best ever. Now we just have to get mum to put her name down on the waiting list and start getting her house ready to sell.

Oh dear, I'm going to have to find a new home for the 300+ sewing patterns I have stored there, aren't I?