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[Remember I suck as a writer, but I also believe that shouldn't stop anyone from writing... hmm, well at least on a blog]
[Also remember other factors when I'm writing a blog :: mood, hunger, horniness, sleeplessness, distractions, lapse of time, dizziness, oxygen levels, external and internal temperatures, telephone calls, IMs, bathroom breaks and maybe one other I have missed from this list]
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kevin@lgt2.com
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Thursday, February 10, 2005
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No sleep can make the world pretty
In my New Years resolution, that I made last week (I know a month late) I promised myself that I would start using my blog as a true blog rather then just posting a web site here and there that I think is interesting only at that one moment, never to be revisited again. So... here I go.
What better way then to start off with what a week I have had. To keep it short and sweet, my mom went into the hospital Monday morning around 2am. She first called me up after having chest pains and couldn't breathe well, so I told her to hang up and call 911 being there wasn't anything that I could do from my home. The problem was just two hours before she called me, I had taken two sleeping pills, hoping to get a full nights rest so I could get a full days of work in being usually Monday's are my busiest day of work. So that surely did not help the situation. Nevertheless, Matthew and I got ready and headed out the door and walked down a few blocks to get cash out of the ATM and grab a cab to the hospital that she was going to be at. 36 hours later we were all still up trying to sort out what was going to be happening next to my mom (with tests and the sorts) and just going through the process of trying to get things done with no sleep. It is like I was on some sort of vacation in a sense, which I found very surreal. I had a natural obligation to help and be with my mom and that superseded any other factor such as sleep, work (at the immediate point), bills, food, tv watching, IM chatting, emailings and spam deleting. It was very weird for me, being that I haven't went through something like that in a long time (luckily). So, don't get me wrong, I'm not ignoring what is/was going on with my mom, but that is personal to her I suppose, so I won't go into all that other then she is doing better and still in the hospital under observation. I just wanted to write a little about the other stuff that was going on besides the main fact of why this was all happening. Does that make sense? :)
So what are some of the 'other' things that had happened. Well for the most part you sit in a small room shared with another patient and their visitors. This angle is always interesting to a hospital visit. The first room that we were in we shared the space with a 90 year old women that was in for an infection in her chest and heart. Her family members were a hoot to listen to and talk with but they were sometimes a little too loud and never really shut up. But the important thing was, was that they were nice people which goes a long ways in this kind of situation. They reminding me of coming from a big family like on the movie 'My big fat greek wedding' where they are very opinionated, very loud, had money and you could tell were full of love for each other no matter what. When we switched rooms later, it was quite disappointed for it was dead quite (maybe I shouldn't use the word dead) and no motion what so ever, for the new roommate was in for heart related matters as well, but seem to be just coming out of surgery possibly and was out of it for the most part. Also no relatives ever visited her and she only got phone call from a wrong number asking help to get out of jail. Quite the stark contrast!
One of my favorite parts of this whole experience (which is still not over might I add) was every time my mom had a test to go to, two guys came to specifically and only transport her from room/floor to room/floor. One of the guys was older and the other younger, Latino I believe, probably in his early 20s. He was in training, which was kind of cute being that all they did was push my mom's wheelchair. Anyway, something happened and I developed this weird silent crush on him. We exchanged long glances but never said anything and this happened many times through the days. He just seemed so innocent, polite and shy, I guess I just used him as a diversion to all that was going on and made the day go much quicker. I told Matthew about him but he didn't seem to excited about my sightings, I wonder why?! I should have at least asked his name or took a picture of his butt with my cell phone cam, hehe!
Anyway, like I said, it has been a interesting week. From meeting people you would normally never meet, just the same as you do on a vacation, to falling in love in a elevator, to getting asked 4 times for money before even sitting down to eat at McDonalds (I know I didn't talk about that, wasn't that interesting, just aggregating), to being without sleep for many hours, to ultimately being with the person that brought me into this world when she was down for the count, it was a week to remember. I think I needed a break/wake up call from the day to day rut that I have been in lately.
And then there is tomorrow...
posted by vectorlime 1:34:00 AM
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