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March 20, 2018
Still working OT and driving Bubby to all his appointments. Bubby got his skull put back in today. Niece diagnosed with brain cancer she is 23 and has 6 kids. She is having surgery tomorrow. They think they can get 60% of the tumor. It's terminal and they are just trying to extend life. She…
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Recent Entries

  • Losing Staff
    February 25, 2018
    Losing a staff member in a week. I am a caregiver to 3 intellectually disabled men. The men share an apartment and have 24/7 staff. Losing a full-time staff makes for a huge hole and lots of OT. I would normally take 20 of the 40 hours until a replacement was hired. With all dd…
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  • Med taxi
    February 22, 2018
    Not much going on. I said I'd help with dd's bf's doc appointments and now suddenly I am driving him to all his appointments. At least it's only two days a week, sucks there all in another state just across the river. I can't believe they sent him home before putting his skull back in.…
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  • Snapped continued
    February 18, 2018
    My sister, doesn't believe she has done anything wrong. She convinced MY family to move away with her and her family. Her excuse was "they'd never really do it. Oh and she said I sounded jealous." Well they were enticed enough that they told me they were moving with her in two years. I know kids&...
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  • I just snapped
    February 15, 2018
    I haven't discussed this much with anyone beside the shrink that I gained after it happened. I figured it feels right to start talking about it. In June I found out that my sister was trying to get both my kids and my only grandson to move away with her and her family. My kids were…
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  • Update
    February 12, 2018
    Been spending most nights with grandson while his mom is visiting his dad at hospital. His dad is doing better. They put a trach in but he is using his right arm and hand better. They are moving him out of icu this week. At some point a rehab center. Confused as to whether they…
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  • Weekend
    February 4, 2018
    I usually work weekends but took vacation this weekend before anything happened. I got to spend the whole weekend with my grandson. We/ he played games on my tablet, we went on a mini shopping spree, went to lunch one day and dinner another, then last night he got to spend the night. He doesn't&h...
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  • Pulled back in
    February 2, 2018
    My daughter's ex, of about 9 months, and the father of her son was attacked on Tuesday. He has a brain injury, they removed a piece of his skull because of the swelling in his brain. He is in a medically induced coma that they are planning to wake him from Saturday or Sunday. I…
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  • Lifetime
    January 28, 2018
    I put in my request to get my lifetime status back, hopefully this will happen soon. I work 40 hours straight through the weekend so time for some rest.
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  • Yay
    January 27, 2018
    I'm back just gotta change diary name and request my lifetime back.
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