turn and turn again

[whitereflection]

cacklesthewitch, you're an absolute sweetheart. Thanks for the virtual gift ♥ (Btw, still writing, or do you need that puppy-eyed!Sam icon again? :) )


Dad got some things straightened out with my older cousin, I guess. Doesn't make it so I can shrug off the way some things have been, but at least can set it aside and not be some frothing-at-the-mouth rabid person. Though by 'straightened out'...and this is still what bothers me. That other day, this 'friend/neighbor' of my aunt's had been in again, and was behaving badly. Monopolized the chair by my aunt's bed for hours, and Mom had to *ask* this gal if she could sit there awhile. Kept squeezing my aunt's arm (where she's bruised and swollen from edema) even after we'd asked her to just carefully hold her hand. Had a *snit* when my Dad asked her to leave the room with us--ALL of us--because the nurses had to move/clean up my aunt (you know, give the woman some fucking privacy and dignity, you know, even if she's not conscious or semi-conscious?). This gal called my older cousin, *made up lies* about how we'd kicked her out of the room and such. And my older cousin believed her, until Dad straightened her out about what had happened. Believed some delusional bitch without question, without checking with family first. Thus, what really bothers me about the small town (Seward/Lincoln) crowd vs. us 'city' (Omaha) types, the us/them I've been feeling developing.

Anyway. Least it's straightened out, the truth explained. Can set it aside even if I'm not exactly letting it or some other things go. But that 'friend'...several of us want to outright say she can't come back to visit, but Dad wants to allow it so long as he can tell her (and this woman isn't young, she's late twenties, I think) she *has* to behave and follow family wishes, and *share* the space. But to be honest, knowing that this gal's coming back on Tuesday--Mom and I won't go up that day, unless things are at a very bad point.

But yeah. People. I really, really do not like a lot of people out there. Especially thoughtless, self-centered, selfish people who treat a severely ill individual like they're a zoo exhibit rather than a loved one.


Anyway again. I want to hear what my aunt's liver values are today, because she was seeming a bit improved yesterday. Not tremoring almost at all, and though still almost always sleeping, lights being turned on over her bed will wake her and she's sometimes opening her eyes for moments again. Also back to speaking single word or short sentence responses periodically (well, as of yesterday afternoon) those times she does wake.

Comments

[cacklesthewitch.livejournal.com]

Aw, don't mention it.

It's too bad some people (like this neighbour) think it's okay to behave like that (or, more likely, don't think about their behaviour at all). I don't blame you for wanting to avoid her.

[whitereflection.livejournal.com]

♥ That icon ♥ I swear, that movie is one of the sweetest ever. I think when I can have a day where I don't go out at all, I'm going to have to rewatch Totoro, Whispers of the Heart, and maybe others. Need some Miyazaki therapy. ^^;