My grandma isn't doing well at all. Sleeping all the time, mostly non-responsive when anyone talks to her, some other physical stuff I won't get into. The doctor said her body is slowly shutting down.... :( I am (selfishly) hoping that she won't pass away while I'm in Arizona, but what will be will be. I also hope, though, that things won't drag out for her.
On another note, there are some issues that my mom and I have had between us for some time now. On the surface, things seem "okay", but they really aren't. There is alot of junk that gets ignored, and she has this frustrating tendency to talk about me to others rather than talking TO me and dealing with things. I recently learned about stuff she'd said about me to relatives that I had NO idea about, and which were really out there -- odd assumptions she'd made that had no basis in fact, that she had made without ever talking to me. Weird, I tell you.....
Anyway, we seem to be having a real problem with communicating on this, so I sat down and wrote her a letter which I mailed today. I am nervous (actually very apprehensive) about her reaction to it. I hate that I feel that way, I really do. Blah.....
Praying that things go smoothly.... and that I won't get defensive, as I often do because of the way my mom sometimes approaches things.
Thirdly, a coworker (she is a sub who just comes in once in awhile when one of us is on vacation, etc.) had a hysterectomy about 2 1/2 weeks ago. I saw her today, and she looked really awful -- it actually scared me a bit that she looked so bad. Apparently she had been doing okay, but then ended up back in the hospital with a blood clot in her lung. Serious stuff. When I saw her today, it looked like it was taking a great effort just to talk, she looked so exhausted. I hope she is back on the road to a speedy and complete recovery.
