My Dad

So my dad had another stroke. This time a massive one. He is completely paralyzed on his right side now, it’s really frustrating him. He also can’t swallow. My mom and I are currently sitting in the waiting room while he is in recovery from getting his trachea and feeding tube put in. This week has been really rough. It’s hard, because you can tell he is uncomfortable. Today he was having such a hard time breathing, so hopefully the ventilator will make it a little easier on him.
I’m having one of the hardest times in my life currently… I am missing school, and getting behind. My mom isn’t doing well and obviously my dad will never be coming home (he will be going to a hospice home after he leaves here) so I am trying to figure out how to get rid of everything. My dad has no health insurance as he was the one that carried the insurance (when they lived here, when they lived in NY for the summer they didn’t have any again) and since he started having his strokes he has not been able to work. His medical bills are obviously out of control. I am trying to gather them all so I can figure out what needs to be done before I leave Sunday. I have an appointment with a lawyer thursday to see if I should get power of attorney or not. I have spent a lot of my time on the phone with different social workers, dr.’s, case workers, etc. Also sorting through all of my parents finances. My mother is moving in with my sister, and almost everything is in my father’s name. So, I need to figure everything out for them. My nephew Sonny is back in the hospital as well. So my sister is about an hour and a half away from here with her son. He should hopefully be getting his second surgery this Thursday. Plus my car is acting up, the furnace at the house isn’t working and we need to fix it before we sell it (if we ever sell it), and our electric bill from the camp was out of control. Money is obviously a problem now with me not working, so everything just, sucks. A lot. So, please pray for my family. It’s going to be hard to say good bye to my dad.