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Originally posted by Bill O'Rights
However, sillygirl, I think that you and I both know that you won't do that, because the universe (or God, if you must) has already taken care of it by providing her with...you. You know that she needs you, so do for her what you can, emotionally and physically, without stretching yourself so thin that all aspects of your life begin to suffer, and you'll be fine. Your rewards will be far greater than any paycheck, so don't factor that in. See this thing through and you, sillygirl, are my hero.
Try contacting her family to see if anyone can come down to help.
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All 6 of her kids live in Minnesota, none of them will come down.
I'm going to help her whether or not I get paid for it. She needs someone who cares about her, who's willing to take care of her. She's got a catheter, a colostomy bag, she's diabetic, she is always either in her electric wheelchair or in bed laying down. She can't even roll over by herself. I want someone to help me if I ever wasn't able to take care of myself, and I can't expect that if I don't help whomever I can in my life, right? Besides, she's 77 years old. She's had 6 kids. She has already earned my respect because of that. She's a happy lady, sweet as can be. I think that she deserves to have someone care about her, and it comes so easily because of who she is.
It brought tears to my eyes the other night when I was sitting with her in the ER. I had gone home for food and to take care of JoJo, her dog. When I came back her eyes lit up and she just held my hand. She kept telling me how much she appreciated that I would come back to see her, and how she was quickly growing to love me. She kept saying that she wanted to pay me back somehow. All I could say to her was, "Well, you would've done the same for me, right?" Her response, "If I could use my legs I would. " My response to that, "Well, then we're even." I can't stand the thought of leaving such a sweet lady alone in the hospital all day every day, with no family, cards, flowers, visitors, etc.