The geriatrician's nurse practitioner can see Dad tomorrow, which is great because my brother is still in town, and I'd like him to be there because he has insight as a mental health professional that I don't have. While acknowledging that he can't ethically diagnose or treat a family member, he still can report what his experience with Dad has been like. Plus it his interactions with Dad are very different from my interactions with Dad, so just on that level, he also has a unique perspective.
I'll be there as well, although I do want to avoid making Dad feel like he's being ganged up on, because that will make him super defensive. (On the other hand, it might be good for the NP to see what Dad acts like when he's being a full-on asshole to his adult children.)
I'm predicting there's a better than 50-50 chance the NP will send him to a psych unit directly from the appointment. According to my brother, the hallucinations occur daily, and last basically all day long. That seems like it needs inpatient care and IV or IM doses of antipsychotics that can hopefully break this cycle.
This part of taking care of your aging parents is so hard.
Anyone else's credit rating just jump 5-7 points?
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I feel like I can't be all relieved and happy about it until I find out how it will actually work, but in theory yay!
Hey, I won the ice cream trivia thing over zoom that I wasn't sure I would even go to. I don't think I win ice cream, though.
And that's the last of my meetings for today - seven scheduled for tomorrow so that will be fun. The downside of going on vacation is coming back, for sure.
I hope the meeting produces good results for you and your brother, Steph.
And I'm glad more student loans are being forgiven. It's a good start.
I hope the meeting produces good results for you and your brother, Steph.
Neither one of us can get him on the phone to tell him he has an appointment tomorrow, which is both hilarious and maddening. My brother said if he can't get ahold of Dad at all, he's just going to show up at his apartment tomorrow at 10 and tell him they're going to the appointment. (I'll meet them there; the doctor's office is basically in between my place and Dad's -- 9 miles east of me and 7 miles northwest of Dad.)
Can't even make that easy, eh? SMH
