When I was young, my mom had MS...she got the kind that left her completly paralyzed and then she would slowly regain her motor functions....she had about four of these episodes and they started when I was about 4 and went through until I was 12.
The biggest problem was not the MS but it was her eventual drug addiction to sleeping pills. They gave them to her like candy when she was in the hospital so that she could sleep.
My mom was not a happy woman with her marriage, so between the MS and her unhappiness, she dove into the world of drug abuse. After many horrible years and finally a divorce, my mom stayed cleared of drugs...
Until just recently...
She had that fall that cracked her hips...she was in pretty bad shape because she has never eaten properly along with the fact of most of her life she has been a smoker (recently she finally gave them up).
Anyway...she was doing fine until they moved her to the rehab hospital, and then one of the new new young doctors got the bright idea to give her Oxycotin...which is only one of the most addicting drugs on the planet...
She has been looped ever since....no eating, no rehab, no nothing. Just like the ole days...just drugged out and now wasting away.
It honestly made me cringe to see her like this. I have not been able to visit her very often because it takes me back in time....
An awful time...
I'm a bad daughter.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Not A Good Daughter...
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Oh, Holly...you're not a bad daughter. You can't help the sadness and bad memories it brings you. It's hard to deal with.
Is the hospital doing anything to help wean her off the oxycotin? They can't just leave her that way.
You sound like a human daughter. There are many reasons people would rather not see their parents. I really don't like to see my mom much because each time she is tinier and a bit more frail - and saying even weirder things.
I hope there is help to get your mom off that stuff - thats all she needs is to be looped and fall off the stoop. It's not safe!
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