Liesje
Blue Crack Addict
The father of one of my mom's best friends is in bad shape. First, I should say that it's not only the father of my mom's friend, but their entire extended family are good friends with my extended family. I grew up along side his grandkids. Well, he had a stroke a few weeks ago. He's also had a stroke a few years before and was never quite the same after that. After this second stroke, my mom's friend abruptly flew to AZ to be with her dad. We were all supposed to go on a spring break trip together in two weeks. They called from AZ last week to say that he was not going to die and they were still in on spring break. Now, I feel bad for my parents b/c they were told to make plans and paid for all of the trip, but they feel bad b/c their friends have backed out because the dad is just not improving. Not only that, but his insurance or medicaid or whatever it is told them that as of April 4, they are no longer paying for ANYTHING because he is not improving and according to them, his life is no longer worth their time. Our friends have NO choice but to use their spring break to drive a trailer to AZ, pick up their dad/grandpa, and bring him back in a trailer when he really needs an ambulance to transport him to a more permanent nursing home. They don't even have a rehab place lined up for him yet. Every place is either full, or they can't afford because the insurance is done on April 4. I've known this man my entire life and he was almost like a distant third grandpa to me. He's not improving at all and his brain was damaged so that his speech, vision, and comprehension have all been affected.
I feel terrible for him for having to endure this again. I feel terrible for our friends for having the stress of the insurance cutting off and not having any ideas what to do with their dad. I also feel terrible for them because they feel terrible for us for canceling last minute, when obviously we would never hold something like this against them. I feel terrible that a sick old man has to ride for 30 hours in a trailer because insurance has decided that his life is not worth caring about anymore.
I feel terrible for him for having to endure this again. I feel terrible for our friends for having the stress of the insurance cutting off and not having any ideas what to do with their dad. I also feel terrible for them because they feel terrible for us for canceling last minute, when obviously we would never hold something like this against them. I feel terrible that a sick old man has to ride for 30 hours in a trailer because insurance has decided that his life is not worth caring about anymore.