Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Please pray for me dad. He’s still dealing with trying to get mama help. I’m getting 3rd or 4th hand information. They told him at the nursing home they have been trying to get mama to the larger hospital which is the hospital that owns the small hospitals. Nursing home Dr/stall is saying this. She’s now back at our local hospital, 3rd ER visit in a week and they are running the same test again. My dad is frustrated and when pushed he doesn’t handle it well. I’m the same in a way but usually can keep my cool unless it’s really a crazy situation. My daughter has worked in ER as a nurse and she’s explained it protocol and state laws they can’t transport to another hospital without having an accepting doctor. To add fuel to the fire the doctor and entire staff are just jerks, as my daughter said, Dr__ is an a hole and you can’t reason with him. They were so nice last night and he says everyone today is rude and doesn’t care. The nursing home has told my dad if they send her back they will refuse to take her. My daughter says that’s to force the hospital to send her to the bigger hospital. We already know how F-d up our medical system is, it’s a different picture when you are going through it. My dad is 80 and dealing with this alone. I’m there hours away and if I went she’d be back at nursing home by the time I get home. I know my dad can handle it, he’s pretty tough! He actually told me not to come home. Last night he told me not to stay home. Now I’m sitting here worrying about him. He told them I hope you like being on TV because I’m calling WRAL tv in Raleigh. I said the same thing several years ago when we kept getting water leaks when county had water pressure too high and busting our underground pipes. Several bills about $800.00. Not relevant it’s just funny we are so much alike. Thanks for listening.
Praying for the Lord to continue to bless your father and your mother and your entire family. Hoping for a good solution.
Thanks fren. They kept her in ER last night and transporting her today when a bed opens. Only bed in the hospital is one in ICU. They are thinking it’s trauma maybe it took two years to set in. She hasn’t adjusted well moving out of her home. If it’s trauma could be from most of her adult life. She went through a lot with my dad drinking and he was verbally abusive. Even after drinking he’s like that. Not with me because I walk out, he knows I don’t put up with it. I was at his house with a blow up between him and my brother. I spoke to him a couple days later about the argument. I said, y’all friends now? He thought I was crazy. I said yall were arguing the other day. Him, we were just having a conversation. Both parents are narcissists. It’s a miracle I’m not certifiably crazy. I appreciate you🩷
Ugh it’s so infuriating for our parents to be treated like dirt when they have spent a lifetime paying into the stupid government system. Once they hit a certain age they don’t care at all about them. As I’m sitting here typing this I had to turn on a fan. I feel my blood pressure going up. I will lift them up in prayer right now because Jesus is the only hope they have right now. ❤️
Thanks so much💘
I’ve asked for the Angels of peace and order to surround your parents, and to soften the hearts of the staff, especially that doctor.
Thanks fren. I need to learn to pray like this. So simple but beautiful! Still pretty new at praying.