Sunday, June 27, 2004

mary's grandmother

Mary's grandmother (who goes by Gigi) is in the hospital again.

This time they may have figured out what caused her to pass out and give herself a concussion. It appears to be dehydration and malnutrition. Evidently she gets stomach pains when she eats so she just doesn't eat or drink.

So they've got her in a semi-private with bags of saline in her arms trying to get fluids in her. She still won't eat though. She just looks at the food, takes a couple of bites then acts like she's just eaten a 64oz steak in 5 minutes so she can get it for free.

So when we visit, we all try to get her to eat. But she just hems and haws. And nobody has the balls to say "If you don't eat you're gonna fucking die!!! Got it??? Eat!!" So we all just grin like idiots.

Her son is a smart guy, he went to the doc and asked if they could give her something that will increase her appetite. Still, somebody needs to go head to head with her and get her to eat.

My feeling though are not good. I think she thinks she going to die. I know because when we left, she made sure to tell me that she loved me. She NEVER does this. Never. So I think she's getting ready, taking care of things before she goes.

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