October Eats People
Added 2022-09-29 18:18:38 +0000 UTCLast year, my father had to spend three weeks in the hospital in October. It wasn't pleasant, as it rarely is, and he missed the leaves turning and falling, and missed the garden being 'harvested'. The man had a bevy of different things wrong with him, all severe, all amidst the 'fourth wave' (I think.. might have been the third. They meld together now). I remember half-jokingly noting that I spoke to literally every department in that hospital for a background history except dentistry and maternity.
This year we were hoping for peace. Of course, hope tends to get dashed against stones more often than not. And he's starting to get ill again it looks like.
I feel so terrible for him. It seems to never be the same thing twice. Its always some new adventure into hell with a different part of his being just giving out on him.
If I'm a bit quieter than usual (Yeah, I realize I'm rarely all that outgoing) it will be due to my trying to reschedule and rearrange things for him. He's not at the 'needs to go to a hospital' point right now. I hope it doesn't hit that level, but he's definitely battling a new 'thing' that has to be watched carefully due to his age and generally immensely fragile health already.
I still plan on getting the coloured illustration out tomorrow or tonight if lucky, But I can't say what the schedule will be going forward until this thing either slows down, or he needs to head to the lab-coat convention.
If October could go back to being 'charming' that would be nice, thanks.
-T.J.
