Sunday, May 12, 2019
Nat is home. Another week spent in a behavioral health
clinic, another round of meds changes. Here’s hoping things are better
now. Beth and I were impressed with Memorial much more than with either
of the other places she’s been; a
psychiatrist actually took the time to talk with us about her and gave
us a lot of insight. We were also hoping that they would see one of her
episodes where she can’t stand up or control her limbs, and apparently
they did. Beth and I drove all the way to
South Bend every day last week, and spoke to her on the phone at the
designated times every day as well. She was incredibly angry with us for
leaving her there, at least at first, so much so that she had a big
production for us “I begged you not to send me
here,” “I never ask for anything,” and all that, and she didn’t believe
us when we told her that we didn’t really have a choice. It ended with
tears and “I don’t want to see you.” She’s scared that we’re going to
leave her there or that we won’t want her any
more, I think. The next few times we went to visit she seemed better,
mostly she wanted to play Uno or color with us and she seemed cooled
down. But we went back every day to make sure she saw us every day. She
was discharged Saturday morning….In other news,
the softball team had our first game of the season on Tuesday. We
jumped all over the other team in the first inning but let it get away
from us down the stretch, eventually losing 17-11. We played with 8
players so took an out in the 9th spot until
a friend of one of the Swihart kids joined us for a few innings. Losing
our MVP from last year hurts us….. We went shopping for Mother’s day
today, once again at Menard’s for flowers. Beth’s present is more work
for her but she likes planting flowers in the
front yard so that’s kind of her thing. I also went to visit Mom again
today, not much change. She was lying in bed, awake mostly but also
nodding off several times, just looking around a bit with no recognition
of anything or anyone.