Howdy y'all! Double T here. As some may know, I've undergone a few changes, and I thought I'd let you know what's going on. When my sister's ex-boyfriend took over as our caregiver (My sister, q-ball, and I all have Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy), his alcoholic, drug doing and dealing, neglectful lifestyle was making my house a hostile, and potentially unsafe environment. Saturday, Oct.22, I tried to call Adult Protective Services, to take us out, however, being Saturday, no one answered. Feeling a bit dizzy, I lay down for a nap, and woke up in the hospital. I was somewhat dazed at the time, but two words that passed between doctor and nurse that kind of jumped out at me were "neglect" and "institutionalized". As my mind cleared, I started thinking of the latter. Maybe it was time to, as many doctors, nurses, EMT's, social workers had suggested, seek out a nursing home. After my Dad passed away, I tried my best to take care of my brother and sister, so, being in the hospital anyway, I started talking to social workers, social security, and the A.P.S. I told them I was not going back home, and they agreed I shouldn't. I told them I wanted my siblings out as well. q-ball, in the meantime, had a shortness of breath episode, and was admitted to the hospital a couple days later. I already had a place in mind, and q thought it was a good idea, too. Then my sister decided, no matter drinking, or drugs, or guns in the house (Assault weapons, no less), that she was going to "stand by her man", and nothing anyone could say would make her see different, untill one day, when she was feeling very sick (She also has Diabetes), and the b'f wouldn't let her call an ambulance, so she had to wait ubtill he was asleep, and called anyway, explaining her situation. They brought her to the hospital, and the b/f to jail. We all finally wound up in the same place, but my sister would not, could not adapt. She kept coming up with crazy schemes to get the house back. (We were, and still are, into Ameriquest Mortgage Co. for close to $500,000), and, when I told her I was perfectly fine with them taking the house, because niether q or I were ever going back, she started making calls to Kevin (the b/f), his two sisters, and the D.A., trying to get his charges ruduced, or dropped, (Which resulted in her being asked, after many warnings, to leave the facility, becase they believed that Kevin, with acsess to assault weapons, might have represented a threat to her safety, the other patient's saftey, as well as that of the staff.), believeing that, once he was out, they could return to the house, he'd get a job, pay off the mortgage, and live happily ever after.
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Needless to say, it never happened, and Kathi (my sister) called me about two weeks later, telling me to call the A.P.S., and the police, and get her out of there. We tried to get her back here, but, because she had broken the rules, and left a $1200 phone bill (Guess who wound up paying that!), administration wouldn't let her back, but the doctors from the hospital found her a place a few miles away. I've talked to her, and she's not being neglected, or abused, and her P.T. seems to be progressing well. So, q and I love it here. It's $50 dollars a piece, each month, for two phones (My phone line is providing the computer link up.), and two large color T.V.'s We don't get cable, like we did at the house, but we don't pay big cable bills, either. We have beds, a roof over our heads, attentive doctors, nurses, and aides, three squares a day, daily activities (Yes, bingo.), and 24 hour heath care. I don't miss paying the electric, oil, water bill in the least, and, since I left the house, my blood pressure has returned to normal. We're safe, happy, and well taken care of. So, anyhoo, it wonderful to be back in the community, and, if anyone would like to call, or write, PM me, and I'll give you an address and/ or phone number, and, of course, there is always e-mail, [email protected] Thanks for listening. Take care, and may God bless.
Now, what's wrong with this picture?
Needless to say, it never happened, and Kathi (my sister) called me about two weeks later, telling me to call the A.P.S., and the police, and get her out of there. We tried to get her back here, but, because she had broken the rules, and left a $1200 phone bill (Guess who wound up paying that!), administration wouldn't let her back, but the doctors from the hospital found her a place a few miles away. I've talked to her, and she's not being neglected, or abused, and her P.T. seems to be progressing well. So, q and I love it here. It's $50 dollars a piece, each month, for two phones (My phone line is providing the computer link up.), and two large color T.V.'s We don't get cable, like we did at the house, but we don't pay big cable bills, either. We have beds, a roof over our heads, attentive doctors, nurses, and aides, three squares a day, daily activities (Yes, bingo.), and 24 hour heath care. I don't miss paying the electric, oil, water bill in the least, and, since I left the house, my blood pressure has returned to normal. We're safe, happy, and well taken care of. So, anyhoo, it wonderful to be back in the community, and, if anyone would like to call, or write, PM me, and I'll give you an address and/ or phone number, and, of course, there is always e-mail, [email protected] Thanks for listening. Take care, and may God bless.
Laurie
