Dear gods...

[divachiqua]

My grandmother fell out of bed. She landed exactly where my premonitions have told me I’d find her dead; I’ve had these since I was three. My mother went and found her there shortly before 6:00. The woman is so fucking stubborn that she’d been there for three hours and refused to call for help. We don’t know what to do. It’s obviously getting to

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[mudqueen]

I truly do understand your pain, having had to make similar decisions regarding my own parents just over a year ago. We were lucky in that we found a wonderful assisted living place close to my brother (unfortunately, that means western PA, and very far from me and most of their friends). When they were in White Plains, they were still almost an hour from me, and it was difficult looking after them from home. After the initial struggle, they are finding that they really like it there, and it is certainly better from a medical standpoint. much as I hate having them so far away from me.

I will send my petitions to the gods on your family's behalf. You are certainly in our thoughts. I hope that it all works out for all of you. Hard as it is, your grandmother may actually find that she enjoys it (although she will probably never admit it out loud!).