I'm sorry Jesse, that sounds so hard on all of you. I hope you can figure something out regarding the work trip, anyway.
Angel: I appreciate you guys looking out for Connor all summer. It's just—he's confused. He needs time. That's all. Fred: Right. Time, and some corporal punishment with a large heavy mallet. Not that I'm bitter.
'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
-t - Apr 05, 2014 1:37:52 pm PDT #24470 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jesse - Apr 05, 2014 1:48:02 pm PDT #24471 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Thanks. I mean, I guess I'm going to go, but ugh. It kind of helps knowing they think he'll be in the hospital for at least a week, so there probably won't be transitions happening when I'm not here.
Jesse - Apr 05, 2014 1:50:05 pm PDT #24472 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
At least we're going to see Winter Soldier now! (I had plans with my cousin, invited my mother to join us....)
sarameg - Apr 05, 2014 1:51:19 pm PDT #24473 of 30000
Oh, Jesse, I'm sorry. The relief that comes with the inevitability of a decision you don't want to have to make being so clearly made is so strange indeed.
RadioLab, I think, today had a piece on a alz care center in Germany and its fake bus stop that not only helped when their patients tried to leave (they'd go wait to catch a bus that would never come, and were easy to find and safe) but taught them to better handle their patients in general. By not fighting their *current* perceived reality, just letting them work through it safely (by waiting for a bus to get them wherever they thought they needed to be or letting the former baker get up at 2 am and go into the kitchen and bake,) inevitably, they'd move on to another, less fraught and urgent reality and it was much calmer. There was something beautifully sad that the forgetting was both the problem and the solution.
-t - Apr 05, 2014 2:08:55 pm PDT #24474 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Enjoy the movie!
3 classes done, 3 to go. I might finish up tomorrow? I left my notes at work, so I think I won't take the exam until Monday, anyway. In any case, time for a break.
Consuela - Apr 05, 2014 2:29:31 pm PDT #24475 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yikes, Jesse. So sad. The one thing I was grateful for with Mom was that she wasn't mobile, really, so not at risk for wandering.
Kat - Apr 05, 2014 2:34:54 pm PDT #24476 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh Jesse. I'm so sorry that this is what you and your mom are dealing with.
msbelle - Apr 05, 2014 2:35:42 pm PDT #24477 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh man, so hard Jesse. But yes sad thing to learn that if someone feds psych care it is best that they act like they need it while at the hospital. Hardest parts of visiting mac last time he was in (I hope the last time he is ever in) was pushing him to rage while with the therapist. He would put on such a good front.
Liese S. - Apr 05, 2014 2:38:48 pm PDT #24478 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh Jesse, how hard. But it sounds like the right path forward.
Amy - Apr 05, 2014 3:41:14 pm PDT #24479 of 30000
Because books.
Oh, Jesse, that's hard. But like you said, it's good that the doctors were able to see him that way, too. I hope your mom's okay -- this will be a big adjustment for her, too.