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When it rains...
First I have to say we had a delightful visit with my mom and her hubby last night. I got to see Adam and Nicole's new apartment. It's really nice.
Tonight when I got home from work, my future SIL called. My MIL is now in the hospital in intensive care. When we visited on Sunday, she was having episodes of hallucinations...feeling "bugs" crawling on her, etc. She had also thought someone was in her bedroom the night before.
Today, she did not recognize anyone and she was still feeling things crawling all over her. Also, still seeing things and people in her house, room, etc. So, they took her to the hospital and she was admitted to intensive care. The doctor says she is detoxing. She apparently has been drinking for years--and hiding it very well, I might add--and once she could no longer get her own beverages, she was forced to quit cold turkey which caused the hallucinations. Also, she has a severe vitiman deficiancy, a urinary tract infection, is dehydrated and assorted other things I can't remember.
Hubby is withdrawing into himself. I am trying to keep him from curling into a little ball, and myself too. He has very complicated feelings about his mother and her illness. She was very cruel to him for many years...literally belittling him and everything he cared about for his entire life. When I met him he had such low self-esteem it was tragic to me since he is such a smart, witty, loving, talented person. So, his mother's illness is proving to be troublesome for him since he's really disliked her for so long. But he loves her, too--you know?
Anyway, tomorrow we had already planned to go to Lebanon so I can see a doctor about the pain I've been having for about a month in my heel...and I am going to suggest going to visit her while we're there. I hope he will agree.
So, things are sad and quiet in our house tonight...
Tonight when I got home from work, my future SIL called. My MIL is now in the hospital in intensive care. When we visited on Sunday, she was having episodes of hallucinations...feeling "bugs" crawling on her, etc. She had also thought someone was in her bedroom the night before.
Today, she did not recognize anyone and she was still feeling things crawling all over her. Also, still seeing things and people in her house, room, etc. So, they took her to the hospital and she was admitted to intensive care. The doctor says she is detoxing. She apparently has been drinking for years--and hiding it very well, I might add--and once she could no longer get her own beverages, she was forced to quit cold turkey which caused the hallucinations. Also, she has a severe vitiman deficiancy, a urinary tract infection, is dehydrated and assorted other things I can't remember.
Hubby is withdrawing into himself. I am trying to keep him from curling into a little ball, and myself too. He has very complicated feelings about his mother and her illness. She was very cruel to him for many years...literally belittling him and everything he cared about for his entire life. When I met him he had such low self-esteem it was tragic to me since he is such a smart, witty, loving, talented person. So, his mother's illness is proving to be troublesome for him since he's really disliked her for so long. But he loves her, too--you know?
Anyway, tomorrow we had already planned to go to Lebanon so I can see a doctor about the pain I've been having for about a month in my heel...and I am going to suggest going to visit her while we're there. I hope he will agree.
So, things are sad and quiet in our house tonight...