Update on my Grandma. The overnight healthcare worker said she did not think we had more than a week. My mother and aunt have a meeting with hospice tomorrow (they cannot come to evaluate on a day that home healthcare is there, some medicare rule). They are pre-making arrangements at a funeral home today also. so much ugh.
She's terse. I can be terse. Once in flight school, I was laconic.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Dec 11, 2013 9:54:03 am PST #14328 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
JZ - Dec 11, 2013 9:58:44 am PST #14329 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, msbelle. I'm so sorry. I mean, glad that she is ready to let go and that she's not alone, but it is always, always sudden.
Connie Neil - Dec 11, 2013 9:59:01 am PST #14330 of 30000
brillig
Shoes a smidge too tight
Evolution's small relic
Pain in little toe.
le nubian - Dec 11, 2013 10:06:44 am PST #14331 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
-t - Dec 11, 2013 10:14:53 am PST #14332 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
le n - ha!
I'm so sorry, msbelle. That can't be easy on any of you.
Theodosia - Dec 11, 2013 10:14:54 am PST #14333 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Sometimes people last with hospice for much much time longer than is estimated -- knowing that they'll be taken care of when they go relieves the stress, and lets them enjoy their last days more.
DavidS - Dec 11, 2013 10:16:22 am PST #14334 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yes, it has a name
A name for the space between
lip and nose: philtrum
Steph L. - Dec 11, 2013 10:25:48 am PST #14335 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Ha! I was trying to think of a philtrum one! All I had so far was:
That space, right down there;
sometimes it's covered in hair;
But I couldn't come up with a last line.
Zenkitty - Dec 11, 2013 10:33:27 am PST #14336 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm sorry, msbelle.
JZ - Dec 11, 2013 10:33:50 am PST #14337 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
On non-recessive traits:
With my widow's peak
full earlobes, brown hair and eyes,
I'm quite dominant