Everything *is* fine
Sep. 15th, 2022 09:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
popkin16My mom was hospitalized twice this past week. She had two seizures on Friday. One isn't unheard of - she's epileptic, and usually just sleeps the rest of the day. But the second one, while not unheard of, is still uncommon enough that we were like, "Yeah, time to take her in." (My mom told us a long time ago to stop taking her in after just one unless she injures herself, and the argument lasted for a week before we gave in). They said her medication levels were too low and stress levels were too high. They didn't even keep her overnight - they ran a catscan, gave her the seizure meds via IV, and sent her home.
On Monday, she had a heart attack.
They DID keep her overnight for that one. They did an ecocardiogram and then a heart catheterization through her wrist to check for any blockages. She didn't have any, and eventually said it was "broken heart syndrome". They released her on Wednesday, and we have to make diet changes. I'm taking a leave of absence from work - just a couple days to keep an eye on her - but it's unpaid unless I use vacation time. I'll still be doing Squee from Wednesday to Wednesday, but I usually take a couple days off after before returning to work. Might have to just go right back to work since I'm taking an LOA, but it's worth it. I can't have unpaid time off, I got dem billz to pay.
But she's home now, she's awake and aware, and I'm going to force her to take it easy sohelpmegod.
Other than that, it's the same old story. Work alternates between really fun and really stressful; I'm bopping between anime, hopping around fandoms (currently rereading some Hobbit fic, before that was the Silmarillion, before THAT was Haikyuu fic), and reading books.
My life is (usually) really boring and I like it that way.
On Monday, she had a heart attack.
They DID keep her overnight for that one. They did an ecocardiogram and then a heart catheterization through her wrist to check for any blockages. She didn't have any, and eventually said it was "broken heart syndrome". They released her on Wednesday, and we have to make diet changes. I'm taking a leave of absence from work - just a couple days to keep an eye on her - but it's unpaid unless I use vacation time. I'll still be doing Squee from Wednesday to Wednesday, but I usually take a couple days off after before returning to work. Might have to just go right back to work since I'm taking an LOA, but it's worth it. I can't have unpaid time off, I got dem billz to pay.
But she's home now, she's awake and aware, and I'm going to force her to take it easy sohelpmegod.
Other than that, it's the same old story. Work alternates between really fun and really stressful; I'm bopping between anime, hopping around fandoms (currently rereading some Hobbit fic, before that was the Silmarillion, before THAT was Haikyuu fic), and reading books.
My life is (usually) really boring and I like it that way.
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