They found my grandfather late Friday afternoon. He had never left the apartment and was safe. He had fallen sometime during the storm but the hospital released him before things went to hell and since then he was at the apartment complex. Right now he’s at a high school shelter and my Aunt Mary is driving down from Kansas to get him and his wife.
I don’t call his wife my grandmother because she isn’t. She’s his second wife and I’ve never met the woman. My real grandma died in 1976 of cancer (my other died in 1992 also of cancer), and I don’t know her replacement, I don’t want to know her and I cringe when people call her my grandma.
I’m pissed at my grandfather because I learned that when the residents (6 total) decided they were going to stay, that forced the nursing home to leave someone behind with them to take care of them. While I’m sure the guy volunteered to do it, the fact is, their selfish act put someone else’s life in danger. I don’t mean to sound mean, since they did go through an awful ordeal but they had the means to get out and they didn’t and they put someone else’s life at stake in order to be selfish. In the end, they can’t go back to their apartment until the cleanup happens anyway so it was all for nothing.
Upon hearing that his dad was okay, my dad pretty much had a mental breakdown. He totally overdosed on his meds and was in a stupor for the last two days. That’s how he deals with things. He needs to be the center of attention while at the same time he needs to escape from reality because he just can’t deal with it. It’s like conflicting ego sometimes. One part of him wants to be babied while the other wants the world to go away. It’s driving the rest of us nuts.
I want to thank my friends Brandi, Michelle and Crissy for being my constant companions throughout the past week. I’m doing okay. My ear is bugging me but that’s normal this time of year. I’m not in the shape my dad is and I’m hoping that the pressure system changes and I’ll be back to normal. It was a long horrible week that I don’t want to repeat.
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