Okay, about 5:30 this morning my phone rings but no one leaves a message so I got up just to check it and I saw it was an 816 area code and it looked like the hospital number where my mom stayed last time I was there. So, I was getting really nervous at this time and decided to call my mom to see if she was home. It would have been 7:30 a.m. her time and she didn't answer.
So, I decided to dial that number and sure enough it was the Heartland Hospital in St. Joseph, Missouri. I explained to the operator who I was and what happened and sure enough my mom is in the hospital. So, she sent the call to her room and no one answered. Then I called back and asked them to send me to the nurses desk. I got a really nice nurse that told me she had a Urinary Tract Infection. Well, on Tuesday, mom had some kidney stones surgically removed, so it must have been from that. ANYWAY, at least I knew it wasn't a heart attack or stroke so I was a little relieved. Right after that one of my moms friends called me and said that the police called her about 11:00 last night and said they caught my mom driving all over the road and when they pulled her over she was incoherent and said she needed to go to the hospital. Anyway, they rifled through my mom's purse and found her friend Gail's number and called her to see if she could pick up my mom's car. Said she had gotten really lost in a really bad part of town.
So, I decided to dial that number and sure enough it was the Heartland Hospital in St. Joseph, Missouri. I explained to the operator who I was and what happened and sure enough my mom is in the hospital. So, she sent the call to her room and no one answered. Then I called back and asked them to send me to the nurses desk. I got a really nice nurse that told me she had a Urinary Tract Infection. Well, on Tuesday, mom had some kidney stones surgically removed, so it must have been from that. ANYWAY, at least I knew it wasn't a heart attack or stroke so I was a little relieved. Right after that one of my moms friends called me and said that the police called her about 11:00 last night and said they caught my mom driving all over the road and when they pulled her over she was incoherent and said she needed to go to the hospital. Anyway, they rifled through my mom's purse and found her friend Gail's number and called her to see if she could pick up my mom's car. Said she had gotten really lost in a really bad part of town.
I was so relieved that she hadn't ran over anyone or something like that. When I finally talked to my mom, she said she went to a play last night and just started sweating and shaking and feeling horrible, she said it got so bad she was going to go to the ER at the hospital. That's when the police pulled her over, she said she barely remembers the police. I'm just glad they didn't think she was drunk (my mom doesn't believe in alcohol) and take her to the police station instead. whew.
Anyway, I was just so worried about her. THis sucks so much me being 2000 miles away from her. I just don't want to move back to Kansas City - not that there is anything wrong with KC, it's just not for me anymore. I have a great job here, great friends, etc. Even if I did decide to move, which could happen in a few years, it will probably be to a city close to a coast. But I need to make sure she is going to be okay. Just so worried about her. Who would have thought that a urinary tract infection could make you be so loopy. They also said she had a fever.
So after all the excitement I decided to take a walk outside since the sun was actually shining. I need to do more of that. Then I actually decided to make some soup in the crockpot. So I put a couple of cans of chicken broth in there, plus chopped up onions, celery, green and red peppers, garlic, mushrooms and a few little pieces of sliced jalapeno and I'm letting it slow cook for a few hours. I thought in a few hours I'll put some cooked chicken pieces in it. I hope it will taste okay. I'm not much of a cook but I've been trying to cook things lately so I will have healthy things all around. I'm very proud of myself for making so many good and healthy things. Tomorrow I'm planning on cooking Halibut. We'll see how that goes...
