Re: Merry Christmas!
Well, to give you all a bit of an idea as to why my Christmas day was a bit shitty, it's really less so for me and more so for my stepdad, who's treated me more like a real son than my biological father has, so I feel so very sorry for him in this situation and all. Anyway, where it is.
This past Friday my stepdad's mom who lives with us ran out of her anti-depressant medication, which she takes along with several other kinds of meds to try and help stem the tide as much as possible with her Alzheimer's disease. Now we didn't know she'd run out of those anti-depressant meds until Sunday or Monday, and on top of that, she's got the flu as well as possibly a urinary tract infection, though we're not entirely sure on that third one there. Since Saturday though, she's been hallucinating and seeing and hearing things that aren't there.
Well, I found out today that on their way back from the hospital yesterday when we all found out that she had the flu, that in my stepdad's truck she woke up and asked where they were and who he was, didn't even recognize him at all. This morning though, he went to wake her up and see if she wanted to drink some coffee and eat some breakfast, and again she didn't recognize him, and when she asked him who he was, he replied "It's me your son," (Won't name names or anything specifically)
Well, she looked at him from what my mom and brother told me and said, "You can't be, he's dead!"
So suffice it to say, there's a good chance that this is my stepdad's mom's last Christmas, at least one that she'll remember in any sense of the word. My stepdad has been putting on a brave face, but I know he's hurting inside about all this, because he knows what's going on and he's the main one that's been taking care of her.
I hope that reading this doesn't ruin anyone else's Christmas day or anything, just felt it should be said is all.