Friday, August 29, 2008

Calagon take me away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If anyone told me last week that my week would be like this, I would've been tempted to stay in bed and occasionally peek out.
First of all on Tues (the 19th) grandma fell and "broke" her right shoulder. I guess broken bones isn't enough to declare an emergency anymore. She was sent home and told to make a Dr appointment.
She FINALLY got into the Dr on THURSDAY (21). Her shoulder isn't just broke, it's SHATTERED. My dad and Aunt Rebecca pretty much stayed at grandma's 24/7 until Fri when they managed to get her in a nursing home.
I knew my parents were leaving Friday to take Ashley back to school so I called Rebecca up offering my services. (AKA keep grandma company).
Friday afternoon I found out that Rebecca was working on her 61st hour of NO sleep. I left work at 4:45 and sat with grandma till 9:30 when Betty could come in......
Betty was my Aunt Linda's best friend and even though Linda's been gone for 11 years, Betty still stays in touch with the family, and she visits grandma at least once a month. She came in at 9:30 and stayed till 5 AM. She's a dear dear lady.

Now fast forward to Sunday.....
I called Rebecca right after church, and she asked me if I would mind coming out around 6. I thought cool, I can take a nap, eat, and head up. Got there at 6 and Rebecca said grandma's sugar dropped to 24, and gave me the symptoms she started having beforehand.
Rebecca left, and at 9:45 the nurses tried to wake her to take her vitals, she wouldn't wake up. Her sugar had dropped to 17. To say I was panicking would be an understatement. I called Rebecca up and she made a 25 min drive in only 10.
Nurses decided to check her sugar every hour instead of every 4 or 5 like they were doing. I knew Rebecca wouldn't go home, so I stayed with her. Sometime after 4am the nurses suggested we go home. Rebecca went over to grandma's while I went on home.
Even though I didn't get to bed till sometime after 5, I still managed to go to work. Because of that one night, my sleep schedule is messed up. I've been going to bed at 5 (6:30 this morning) and getting up at 11.
Don't worry Aunt Carol and Carrie, I'm working on getting to bed at a decent hour. LOL. I got up at my normal time, and I refuse to take a nap. I'm zonked. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ