This week has been horrible. My Grandmother has Alzheimer's, and recently it's gotten much worse. Like, in the last two weeks. She started acting like a very different person, swearing and accusing my wheelchair-bound Grandfather of cheating (which is physically impossible, btw). I know these sorts of changes are apparently normal in some Alzheimers patients, but it freaked me right the hell out, especially this week, when she's taken to hitting and throwing cold water on my Grandfather in fits of rage. The nurses also found a large serving fork on her side of the bed the other day, which we can only assume she hid there intending to use it as a weapon. Gave me shivers.
So long story short, Grandpa is coming to live with us. It means basically that unless someone else is at the house (only on weekends, usually), I must stay in the same room with Grandpa because even though I made him promise to shout for me when he needed to use the bathroom, he simply won't ask for help, and he's in great danger of falling if he tries to get there by himself. That and he's diabetic, so in general he needs to be monitored. Since he's staying indefinitely (or that's what the plan is for now), it also means I can't go back to school or consider a full-time job unless we hire a live-in nurse, which I don't believe we can afford.
Also, for the icing on the glorious cake that has been this week, my cat has aggressive cancer, found out yesterday. She has a few months to live, apparently, unless we amputate her leg, and even then it may only buy her some time as the cancer often returns. I can't remember the type the vet said, something fibrosis (in my defense, it was a lot of information to hit me all at once, so I'll probably call him later and get him to repeat).
So as much as I'd rather be playing on here and paging dragons, I need to go get Grandpa's car inspected, then watch CNN with him for four more hours until my dad gets home. :/
If you read all that long-ass post without skimming, you get a gold star. I know I would have skimmed it, so I don't blame you.
It sounds weird, but it makes me feel better hearing sympathy. The unfortunate thing is that right now, my whole immediate family is busy with Grandpa, so we're all sort of there and supporting one another isn't really going over so well. 