I am trying to hang in there everyone. My Dad is still hooked up to the machine, waiting for the seizing to stop. Even when my Mom was hugging him, a tear fell from his eye. I know somewhere inside, he is still there.
Crono99 posted...
It's not easy, TC.
My dad was fine until about a year ago. Completely normal. Then he started having problems walking, but we thought it was arthritis. Then within months he was no longer able to get around without a wheelchair and his cognition and memory declined dramatically to the point where he's no longer able to hold a conversation. It's hydrocephalus and cerebellar atrophy. It's supposed to be a slow process but in his case he went from going outside to shovel snow every morning to not being able to move without a wheelchair in just a few months.
My mom is both legally deaf and legally blind. She has severe tinnitus and is barely able to hear anything that people say to her. She used to get by with reading lips, but now she can't see well enough for that anymore.
So now neither of my parents are able to even make a phone call, or go anywhere without me driving them.
So I'm trying to balance working in an office with simultaneously being basically being a 24/7 caretaker for my parents and a girlfriend who's pissed off at me because my parents are taking too much of my time and wants me to move away with her so we can have a normal life.
*sigh*
Anyway.
Stay strong, TC.
Man you have a strong heart. I know...it is tough and I wish your girlfriend could see you care about your parents. Every child only gets one set of parents (if they are blessed or lucky) and we can't keep them forever. I am glad you are staying with your parents.