My MIL is just completely worn out. I am sitting here with her and that’s all I can really do. I brought her to the ER last weekend and it turns out that she had the flu, but they did not admit her. She’s here again now and she is just weak and tired. 

Before I skip to the latest string of events, I should mention that she was recently diagnosed with leukemia (MDS) and was supposed to start chemo today. I was supposed to be in Aruba but stayed back to help with everything, such as taking her to her appointment this AM. 

I came back from urgent care yesterday afternoon (about 4pm) to find her sleeping on my couch. She was tired and weak. I gave her some peditye and she had some water, but the only thing she ate was maybe a cracker. She just is not feeling well. She asked how we were going to handle the morning and I told her that she could stay at my house and we could go from there. She did not have the energy to get up so that’s what she did. My daughter slept on the floor near her. She woke me a couple of times during the night to say grandma needed me. The last time was to tell me that grandma threw up. This was at 3:30 am. My MIL said she had diarrhea and wanted to go home. 

I drove her home where she had it a few more times. She then said she needed me to call an ambulance. I told her I would drive her but she wanted the ambulance. I ended up driving her about 5 am. 

I think she has had 2.5 bags of fluids. She was so dehydrated they could not find her vein. She feels like crap and wants to get admitted so they can help her feel better. 

But rewind – why was I at urgent care? My daughter broke her arm near the wrist yesterday. When it rains, it pours!! I was not able to get her into the doctor we wanted today so that is now a problem for tomorrow. Of course my big guy is also getting Invisalign tomorrow so I will have a big day hauling kids all over the place. And dealing with whatever my MIL has going on. 

I am still trying to deal with the emotions on the broken arm. That was completely avoidable. And now she will miss the swim meet where I expected her to do really well and I was excited about. I will probably have her miss a season of water polo at this point. I am just so frustrated over the whole thing. 

So yeah – that’s an update about all of the things I am dealing with right at this moment.