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Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006 - 7:19 a.m. They freaking left!
Tarik's grandfather has finally lost
it. A few weeks ago he was starting to show signs when he tried to have
his two daughters and his granddaughter forcibly removed from his wife's
hospital room, while shouting at them and being belligerent. She finally
got out of the hospital about two weeks ago and they both moved in with my
mother in law so she could be close to her doctors and the hospital while she is
still in the critical 90 day danger window. I quit my job to take care of
Travis so my mother in law could have her time freed up to take care of her
mother without the burden of a toddler around. But yesterday, they just up and
left. They live in a suburb of Waco and that is
a 4 hour drive from here. Never mind that however, as this was done with
no preparation. She is enrolled in a physical therapy class here twice a
week, and must see her doctor once a week so they can monitor her
progress. But no, he took her and left. There is no plan in place
for her care there. He said that he loves her more than anything in the
world, which no one is going to argue, and that he can take care of her by
himself, that point we WILL argue. They have not been in their own home in
probably over two months, and I can understand wanting to go home.
However, there is no plan in place for her there. Her doctors have not
released her to return home, she has not been released from her physical
therapy, there have been no referrals made nor coordination between any of her
doctors here and any doctors in the Waco area, and she has diabetes that must be
managed. Yes, her doctors here did say that being in familiar surroundings
would be helpful to her recovery, but I don't think they intended for her to
return home yet. Tarik's grandfather may be a capable man, but he is NOT
capable of caring for his wife on his own 100% with her requirements. They
live in a fairly large house and I am quite sure he cannot clean the house, do
the dishes, do the laundry, prepare all of their meals, and the myriad of other
chores that must be done. He apparently has it in his mind that once they
get home, he will call the church they belong to and people will come pouring
out of the woodwork to come and take on these duties. To the best of our
knowledge, no one at the church has been contacted about this. He must be
alert 100% of the time in the event she tries to get out of bed on her own, or
tries to do anything on her own. She must go for walks every day and he
has to be able to assist her with that. It is almost like taking care of a
baby, but more challenging because she is a grown woman in her 80's, and he is a
man in his 80's who does not have the stamina of a 40 year old. To say
that he loves her more than anything and can take care of her by himself, is a
delusion and irresponsible. Their
other daughter lives with them and she is in her 60's, but she has health issues
of her own and I would not say that she is very reliable. She has a foot
injury that has not healed after two years, she is a recovering pain killer
addict, and is prone to having car accidents. Yes, perhaps she can take on
some of the duties around their home, but not much. She walks on crutches
most of the time. My mother in law is of course freaking out because she
is terrified that her mom will take a turn for the worse and there will be
nothing in place should that occur. She is afraid that she is never going
to see her mother again. Song
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