WHAT A DAY!
Jun. 6th, 2014 11:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalI was woken up way before my alarm by the phone. It was my mother saying something was wrong and that she needed to go to the hospital. I threw my clothes on and raced out the door and drove over. By the time I got there, like, 12 minutes later, she'd called an ambulance. And that arrived about 3 minutes later. I walked the dog (his blood sugar has been super high lately so if we don't let him out ever 2-3 hours he has an accident, poor old guy) then headed to the hospital. I stayed with Mom most of the morning, popping out periodically to call the vet and my dad who was supposed to leave for Africa this afternoon. Great timing!
Mom said she felt better in the ambulance and fine by the time she got to the hospital. But they kept her in to run tests, just in case. Dad had a heart attack a couple months ago and it'd be just like Mom to want one of her own ;-)
I headed home around 10:30 to walk the dog again and feed the cats. Then I drove to the vet to get emergency meds to last the dog through the weekend because he was supposed to get retested today and, obviously, Mom couldn't bring him in for that. So I got his meds, headed home, and wolfed down two fake sausage patties and some watermelon squares while checking work email. My boss had an urgent password problem so I spent 15 minutes tracking him down through everyone I could think to call in the office.
Then I headed back to my parents' place to give the cats and dog their 1pm medicine, while filling Dad and my sister in on what details I had. Dad got home halfway through that and we made sure he had his passport and called a cab to take him to the airport.
I got to work a little after 2 and worked as fast and hard as I could. I'm going to be out most of next week, so I'd been hoping today would be a day where I'd get all the big stuff done ahead of time. That wasn't to be. But I got all the important stuff done. Whew. I left at 5, swung by my house for Saltines and Gatorade (isn't that what most people take to the movies?) and then got to my parents' house. I walked the dog then fed the cats and fed him, sneaking a pill into his food. Then I put down the seats in my car and drove him to the vet for his insulin shot (which Mom always gives him).
The people at the vet love my mother (she practically lives there) so they were all really concerned and sweet. And they showed me how to give him insulin in case I needed to do it at his 6am injection time.
I got home and gave two more of the cats their meds... it went great for one but not for the other. I've never seen so much drool come out of a cat and go all over him and me. Poor baby.
As I was heading out the door, there was a phone call from Mom. They were going to discharge her! YAY! So my sister went to pick her up and I went to the movie.
Where I laughed soooo much and cried sooooo much (only 10 tissues, though. I brought 3 whole packs but only needed one). Beautiful movie. I really liked it and am glad I saw it.
I just got home at 11pm and realized I hadn't eaten breakfast or dinner (or a proper lunch). Soooo... dinner time now! I called Mom and she's doing fine. They held her for observation just to be sure but after several rounds, they couldn't find anything wrong with her... except that the CT scan showed gallstones! HA! Also, fun fact, the woman who came to verify her identity/insurance/address and all lives right across the street from me! HA! *shrugs* NOVA!
Anyway, it was an exhausting day. I didn't have a single second to relax. But Mom is fine and the animals survived under my care. And my dad made his flight. And I got to see the movie. So it was a good day, in all. I'm just glad my mommy's okay. And glad it's the weekend! I plan to do a lot of stuff (like laundry) that needs to get done before I'm down for the count for a few days-to-a-week.
Mom said she felt better in the ambulance and fine by the time she got to the hospital. But they kept her in to run tests, just in case. Dad had a heart attack a couple months ago and it'd be just like Mom to want one of her own ;-)
I headed home around 10:30 to walk the dog again and feed the cats. Then I drove to the vet to get emergency meds to last the dog through the weekend because he was supposed to get retested today and, obviously, Mom couldn't bring him in for that. So I got his meds, headed home, and wolfed down two fake sausage patties and some watermelon squares while checking work email. My boss had an urgent password problem so I spent 15 minutes tracking him down through everyone I could think to call in the office.
Then I headed back to my parents' place to give the cats and dog their 1pm medicine, while filling Dad and my sister in on what details I had. Dad got home halfway through that and we made sure he had his passport and called a cab to take him to the airport.
I got to work a little after 2 and worked as fast and hard as I could. I'm going to be out most of next week, so I'd been hoping today would be a day where I'd get all the big stuff done ahead of time. That wasn't to be. But I got all the important stuff done. Whew. I left at 5, swung by my house for Saltines and Gatorade (isn't that what most people take to the movies?) and then got to my parents' house. I walked the dog then fed the cats and fed him, sneaking a pill into his food. Then I put down the seats in my car and drove him to the vet for his insulin shot (which Mom always gives him).
The people at the vet love my mother (she practically lives there) so they were all really concerned and sweet. And they showed me how to give him insulin in case I needed to do it at his 6am injection time.
I got home and gave two more of the cats their meds... it went great for one but not for the other. I've never seen so much drool come out of a cat and go all over him and me. Poor baby.
As I was heading out the door, there was a phone call from Mom. They were going to discharge her! YAY! So my sister went to pick her up and I went to the movie.
Where I laughed soooo much and cried sooooo much (only 10 tissues, though. I brought 3 whole packs but only needed one). Beautiful movie. I really liked it and am glad I saw it.
I just got home at 11pm and realized I hadn't eaten breakfast or dinner (or a proper lunch). Soooo... dinner time now! I called Mom and she's doing fine. They held her for observation just to be sure but after several rounds, they couldn't find anything wrong with her... except that the CT scan showed gallstones! HA! Also, fun fact, the woman who came to verify her identity/insurance/address and all lives right across the street from me! HA! *shrugs* NOVA!
Anyway, it was an exhausting day. I didn't have a single second to relax. But Mom is fine and the animals survived under my care. And my dad made his flight. And I got to see the movie. So it was a good day, in all. I'm just glad my mommy's okay. And glad it's the weekend! I plan to do a lot of stuff (like laundry) that needs to get done before I'm down for the count for a few days-to-a-week.
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Date: 2014-06-08 12:20 pm (UTC)