That's me! After waiting for nearly nine hours and leaving several messages I finally got a call from my mil.
"M talked to CCB earlier so we figured you knew." she said.
WHAT!?
I was so angry I could spit! My hubby is at work and while I DID lay a guilt trip on him for not calling why would they call him at WORK instead of calling my home? Where all the messages were sent from I might add. So I held my tongue. They don't need any of my drama when they are sitting at the hospital right? Before I hang up I ask my mil to tell my fil that I love him, and that's where I couldn't hold it together. I started to cry. I recovered quickly but it was too late I let it slip. I didn't want to upset my mother in law she had enough to deal with and I went and cried. What a sad sack of sappy crap I am.
Around 10:30 last night my mil calls us back, the second round of radiation went fine and they sent him home. He is sore from all the needles but all is well. He is resting quite peacefully thanks to the morphine coursing through his veins!
Here is what really trips my trigger. My hubby's younger brother goes to the hospital yesterday morning with his whole family. His wife, 6 year old son and two more babies under the age of 3. First, I think that is terribly unfair to the children to force them to sit at the hospital for nearly 12 hours. Second, it was stressful for my in-laws to deal with unhappy children all day! I'm thankful he spent the time with them but they should have cut the trip short with the kids or left the kids and his wife at home since I know they didn't have anyone to babysit. I have to remind myself they are kids themselves, maybe they will learn. Unlikely as it is I hope it happens. I could write a whole post....WAIT.....Several posts about these two, but it really wouldn't do me any good. So I will leave it at that.
What's really important is that my father in law is doing ok. He goes back to the hospital to have them check him out around 2 today. Thank you all for your comforting thoughts and kind words. They mean a lot to me. Ya'll are the best! (I'm a Southerner now so I'm trying to fit in! ;-P )
I don't think we will be needing the sacrificial virgin after all Tim but thanks for the offer!
5 comments:
I'm glad that your father in law is doing better. Hopefully everything will work out fine. I'll pray for him.
A hospital is no place for young children. People are already under stress in the waiting room and the last thing they need are little children driving them crazy. Maybe he could have stayed for a short time, taken the wife and kids home and then come back by himself to wait. Oh well, I know it would have bothered me.
Hope he mends and that the cancer is all gone by the time they get thru with the treatments. Good luck!
Maybe you could send him a get well basket filled with some of his favorite things.
I agree, the mom should have stayed home with the three kids. The hospital is really not a place for the whole family.
Btw, I'm glad you fil is doing better and is at home!
Great news your father-in-law is on the mend!
I'm all for encouraging kids to visit sick relatives in hospital if it gives the patient a boost. However, 12 hours is *way* too much for children to be hanging around there. If the kids are anything like my stepdaughter, she gets silly and boisterous when she's tired and bored. Surely that's the last thing anyone wants where there's expensive life-saving equipment around, not to mention the stress to staff and patients. Didn't the staff intervene?
I'm glad your FIL is doing well!
Yayy! Glad the FIL is doing well!
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