So, my dad is in the hospital right now. Everyone thought it was a stroke, but the doctors now know it wasn't, and that it's metabolic. He has diabetes, which he got after having thyroid cancer, and he's been in so much back pain lately (it's been broken in several places for two years, which he didn't find out about until two months ago, and the doctors haven't done anything about it) that he hasn't been able to take care of himself. So he almost went into a coma.
I was in my room when I heard him screaming. And, to be honest, this didn't rouse me immediately because the pain in his back causes him to scream quite frequently. But when I heard him screaming for ME, I ran into the living room to find him hanging off the rails on the stairway, unable to form words and trying desperately to communicate with me but not being able to get any words out. He couldn't walk and he fell on the ground, pulled himself up and tried to get something to drink from the refrigerator but couldn't figure out where his hands were. It was horrifying, and I didn't know what to do. It's only me and my dad at my house, so I had to call 911 and go through the whole process. It was so horrible. I was honestly worried he was going to die.
But he's fine now. He's been gradually getting better. He still has trouble communicating his thoughts, but he can form words and sentences now, and his physical strength has returned. (also, I've been told that after he recovers from this, he can go in for back surgery so everything is looking much better!)
But I missed class today and I got a text from my friend asking how class was because he had skipped. I explained to him that I didn't go because I was at the hospital, and that my dad was there because of a blood sugar problem, but that it's okay now.
And he replied with "I see. that is becoming pretty much everyone's issue in America isn't it...I am sure today's experience in the hospital was a lesson for you guys. I wish him well :)"
Well, that pissed me off. It sounded a lot like he had just told me that my dad deserved to be put in the hospital. And after everything that's happened, that pissed me off a lot. So I told him that that sounded like that, and that that was pretty fucked up.
So of course, I get made out to be the asshole in the conversation because he "didn't mean that at all!!!" Worst of all, I then doubted my interpretation of it and apologized for "being on edge," and he just told me "good night."
I don't know which bit I'm more upset about.
Submitted March 04, 2015 at 02:42PM by mosvalsky http://ift.tt/1DLSeuj offmychest
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