RE: MAJOR Drama !!!!!!!!!!

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In a message dated 1/10/2008 9:50:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, sapphyreonalosingstreak@... writes:

Sapphyre

Hey how did you think mom was? Sometimes the elderly are hard to care for. Maybe someone should remind them to many people with there hands in the decision making can be dangerous. So how is mom? AND how was the cheesecake? LOL

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Major drama is right.. Family, can't live with them, can't live without them.. Good Luck! RobSapphyre <sapphyreonalosingstreak@...> wrote: It's no wonder I eat the way I do sometimes. Ok so I'm leaving work (early, the boss was gone today) and my cell rings. It's Mother. Remember, she's been real sick. Well she's been improving by leaps and bounds so tonight she's all in

a tizzy wanting me to call her brother. Why I ask as I struggle my bookbag, lunch bag and purse to the car. Because he and her sisters and some of my cousins are all ganging up to call an ambulance to take her to the hospital. I have to calm her down. I get her calmed down. I call my uncle. I have to calm him down. He calls Mother. I call Mother as I near town. All is quieted. I get home. We have dinner. My cousin in Houston calls. Tells Mother that my aunt (another sister in San ) and her brother had called the sheriff's department to do a welfare check on her. Mother's all in a tizzy again. She calls the sheriff's department to tell them not to come. I think I'll eat a cheesecake. How's everyone else's day going?! :starts twiddling her thumbs and toes: *~*~*~*"You can deprive the body, but the soul needs chocolate" -Sapphyre*~*~*~*"Giving Up Is Not An Option ..." - Sapphyre Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now.

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> Because he and her sisters and some of my cousins are all ganging up

to call an ambulance to take her to the hospital.

You poor things! We had something similar happen with Ed's aunt about 2

years ago. Once the family member that started it all eventually came to

her house (first time in over a year he was there - he usually sent his

wife) and saw that she was being well taken care of he backed down. In

the meantime, he left *us* to calm the aunt down and assure her that

nobody was going to drag her out of her home and put her in a nursing

home. To this day she's still mad at that guy and even though she spent

Christmas with his family every year for the past 22 years she refused

to even let him visit her this past Christmas and told him point blank

that she will never leave the house with him or his wife ever again.

> Mother's all in a tizzy again. She calls the sheriff's department to

tell them not to come.

Unfortunately, that usually prompts the authorities to come sooner,

because they think the elderly person is being forced to call and cancel

the appointment by an abuser. If you can, call her doctor and let him

know what's happening and tell him to be prepared in case anyone does

come knocking on the door, and if someone comes, refuse them entrance

and refer them to the doctor. If she has a lawyer, make sure you have

his phone number in a prominent place, too.

Do you have medical or durable power of attorney? If not, you may want

to look into getting that ASAP, too.

>I think I'll eat a cheesecake.

Don't do it! Not only will you be stressed out about your mom but you'll

feel guilty about going off your food plan on top of it, adding even

more stress to your life.

Sue in NJ

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Your family sounds like my husbands.

Don’t ask!

It's no wonder I

eat the way I do sometimes. Ok so I'm leaving work (early, the boss was

gone today) and my cell rings. It's Mother. Remember, she's been

real sick. Well she's been improving by leaps and bounds so tonight she's

all in a tizzy wanting me to call her brother. Why I ask as I

struggle my bookbag, lunch bag and purse to the car. Because he and her

sisters and some of my cousins are all ganging up to call an ambulance to take

her to the hospital. I have to calm her down. I get her calmed

down. I call my uncle. I have to calm him down. He calls

Mother. I call Mother as I near town. All is quieted. I get

home. We have dinner. My cousin in Houston calls. Tells Mother that my

aunt (another sister in San )

and her brother had called the sheriff's department to do a welfare check on

her. Mother's all in a tizzy again. She calls the sheriff's

department to tell them not to come. I think I'll eat a cheesecake.