Wow. I haven't updated. Figures.
Robbie is doing better. He got his trach removed today. It will take a while to heal, but at least he doesn't have a gaping hole in his neck anymore. He did have an infection, but they've been giving him mega antibiotics, and he seems to be over it now. The doctors thing he will be going to rehab on Tuesday. Just pray that he doesn't get sick again. I'm ready for him to be in rehab - I keep hoping that I will be able to study for the bar exam more easily once he is out of the hospital.
On the other hand, Robbie getting out of the hospital and going to rehab makes me more and more scared and apprehensive about what my family is going to do. We obviously have to move. Everything used to be falling together nicely on the building a house plan - but since someone started a nasty rumor around town, things have been kinda hard. Someone told my little sister that they heard that no one cared about Robbie and my dad just wanted to make some money so they weren't going to support anything we did. I pretty sure anyone who actually knows my family realizes that is the farthest thing from true. It really hurt my dad to hear that someone said that about him. He's been really hurting over this whole situation anyway. My dad is pretty much the greatest guy i know. I've seen him give his last 5 dollars to someone he thought needed it more than he did too many times to count. I really want to be like him when i finally grow up.... (when does that happen anyway? I'm already 25!).
Things are sucking royally on the bar exam front. I haven't studied in a couple weeks and i'm getting so far behind, I don't know if i will be able to catch up. I created a study corner in Daniel's room and am hoping that will help me concentrate.
Tonight I have to get the study area completed, look at plane tickets and hotel rooms, and look for a 5k with better timing than the one i was planning on running.
Tomorrow I have to:
find a lamp somewhere (Good Sam??)
go running
ortho appt
STUDY for at least 4 hours
go see Robbie in Columbia
check on my school loans
make some phone calls while driving
Showing posts with label rumors. Show all posts
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Confessions of a Hospital Drama Queen
I love gossip and rumors. Especially ones that say my brother is dead, or that his girlfriend is out sleeping around and hates him, when really she's at the hospital crying everyday. People can really be jerks sometimes.
By the way... does ANYONE read this? and if so, will you please admit to it by leaving a comment. I'm lonely and don't have a lot of time to chat online or talk on the phone, but it's nice to know that people (besides Erica) like me.
In today's/yesterday's news, my brother's nurse last night was acting all dumb and confused and didn't understand why my parents wanted a consult with the doctor. Duh - because he's a parapalegic and doesn't know it yet, isn't that a good enough reason to get to see a doctor around here? Anyway, she told me that he knew everything about his injuries already and we were all pretty pissed about that if it is true b/c we don't even know when they told him or who told him. So this morning Marisa and I were in there hanging out with Bub and he was in a good mood and chatting with us about random stuff and I asked him about his legs. He told me that he moved them once and that he was in the hospital until they fixed them. I almost started crying because he only knows that they won't work and he thinks it is going to be fixed. We pretty much left immediately after that so I could go talk to my parents.
Later today, we finally got a doctor and Mom, Dad, Mandy, and I went to a conference room to talk to him. He showed us pictures of Robbie's injuries before and after his surgery and explained everything. We then decided to go into Robbie's room and talk to him right then with the doctor. Robbie was sitting up in his turtle shell cast thing and they showed him the same pictures on the screen and the doctor explained that he would never walk again. He looked shocked and said, "Never?". That was pretty much all he said about it. It was nice that they let all of us in the room when they talked to him instead of the normal two at a time rule. We were all crying a little, but it really was time that he knows about this so that he can start moving on with his life.
I haven't spent any alone time with him yet, but probably will later tonight. I know he's upset, but hopefully he realizes that things will be okay, their just going to be quite a bit different. Life doesn't always turn out the way we expect, but that doesn't mean that it's a bad thing.
As Robbie said a couple of days ago, Everything happens for a reason. I hope he still believes that.
By the way... does ANYONE read this? and if so, will you please admit to it by leaving a comment. I'm lonely and don't have a lot of time to chat online or talk on the phone, but it's nice to know that people (besides Erica) like me.
In today's/yesterday's news, my brother's nurse last night was acting all dumb and confused and didn't understand why my parents wanted a consult with the doctor. Duh - because he's a parapalegic and doesn't know it yet, isn't that a good enough reason to get to see a doctor around here? Anyway, she told me that he knew everything about his injuries already and we were all pretty pissed about that if it is true b/c we don't even know when they told him or who told him. So this morning Marisa and I were in there hanging out with Bub and he was in a good mood and chatting with us about random stuff and I asked him about his legs. He told me that he moved them once and that he was in the hospital until they fixed them. I almost started crying because he only knows that they won't work and he thinks it is going to be fixed. We pretty much left immediately after that so I could go talk to my parents.
Later today, we finally got a doctor and Mom, Dad, Mandy, and I went to a conference room to talk to him. He showed us pictures of Robbie's injuries before and after his surgery and explained everything. We then decided to go into Robbie's room and talk to him right then with the doctor. Robbie was sitting up in his turtle shell cast thing and they showed him the same pictures on the screen and the doctor explained that he would never walk again. He looked shocked and said, "Never?". That was pretty much all he said about it. It was nice that they let all of us in the room when they talked to him instead of the normal two at a time rule. We were all crying a little, but it really was time that he knows about this so that he can start moving on with his life.
I haven't spent any alone time with him yet, but probably will later tonight. I know he's upset, but hopefully he realizes that things will be okay, their just going to be quite a bit different. Life doesn't always turn out the way we expect, but that doesn't mean that it's a bad thing.
As Robbie said a couple of days ago, Everything happens for a reason. I hope he still believes that.
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