Weirdness. Just got off the phone with my mom & my dad's in the hospital. First thing she said was "Don't panic!"
It doesn't seem too serious...he had a bladder infection and the antibiotics weren't clearing it up, and they gave him a different prescription but when my mom picked the medicine up it was the exact same thing. He had a high fever and was dizzy and fell down twice, so her & my cousin took him to the hospital. He's doing okay now, but they're not sure what's really going on yet. Apparently the combination of fever & age was making him mentally foggy cause he told the nurse he hadn't eaten in 2 days, but he ate breakfast this morning. And he told my mom his doctor's office said he had e. coli in his urine. WTF? I would think if you had something like that, they would have you come in right away. So I hope it was something he misheard or misunderstood.
But it makes me nervous. My dad's 72. He was always in good health, but in the last five years he's developed Parkinson's disease, and he definitely seems like an old man now. My dad and I were like oil and water, always arguing, but I was a daddy's girl when I was little, and it's coming back to me now. He got serious heat exhaustion from working outside last week, and now this. I know he could live much longer, but that horrifying thought is starting to creep in, though I don't want it to. My mom is only 58 (though she looks 15 years younger than that!), and the idea of her getting old and sick still seems crazy. But now I'm forced to face the fact that someday my dad will be gone.
And I can't bring myself to think about it.
I hope this is a little nothing that clears up fast, that he's back home tomorrow and everything's OK.
It doesn't seem too serious...he had a bladder infection and the antibiotics weren't clearing it up, and they gave him a different prescription but when my mom picked the medicine up it was the exact same thing. He had a high fever and was dizzy and fell down twice, so her & my cousin took him to the hospital. He's doing okay now, but they're not sure what's really going on yet. Apparently the combination of fever & age was making him mentally foggy cause he told the nurse he hadn't eaten in 2 days, but he ate breakfast this morning. And he told my mom his doctor's office said he had e. coli in his urine. WTF? I would think if you had something like that, they would have you come in right away. So I hope it was something he misheard or misunderstood.
But it makes me nervous. My dad's 72. He was always in good health, but in the last five years he's developed Parkinson's disease, and he definitely seems like an old man now. My dad and I were like oil and water, always arguing, but I was a daddy's girl when I was little, and it's coming back to me now. He got serious heat exhaustion from working outside last week, and now this. I know he could live much longer, but that horrifying thought is starting to creep in, though I don't want it to. My mom is only 58 (though she looks 15 years younger than that!), and the idea of her getting old and sick still seems crazy. But now I'm forced to face the fact that someday my dad will be gone.
And I can't bring myself to think about it.
I hope this is a little nothing that clears up fast, that he's back home tomorrow and everything's OK.
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My mom is 65 and I really worry about her. She's in good health, and there's nothing to be concerned about. But she's like a close friend, and yeah, she's still my mom and I rely on her for help and support still.
My dad died a few years ago, way too young. He and I had a strained relationship at best, until about a year before he died, when we reconciled. A few months later, he got cancer.
So I really wish your dad well.
To answer your question about voting in Canada. I'm not too rare for never missing an election, but it's also not really common either. The turnout in federal elections is about 65-70%, but goes down each time. The turnout for provincial elections is lower, and the turnout for municipal elections is at best 50%. Like the US, a growing number of people are too apathetic to vote.
Were your books as a teen that bad? You make them sound that way. Do you ever post your erotica on SG? If you ever feel like sharing, I'm sure I'm not the only person who'd be interested.