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Stormy
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Date: May 31, 2011 01:54AM
We were all going to a water park today..Memorial Day fun. Well, we almost all got there but they called Jake into the work..the ER was a zoo and he was needed. The boys faces were glum..like we weren't going. Get ready the three of us are going..I'm use to that and so are they. We had a super day...hot sunny, warm water...the boys are like fish and I love the water.
Finally I dragged two tired fish that looked like prunes out of the water and home we came.
Jake still wasn't home...but our phone answering machine was blinking madly. 4, count them four messages from his Mom, one from his brother and one from his BIL...No specifics just call all of them immediately. Sort of strange..I decided to get the boys dinner...all sandwichy stuff, they can their own.
When I called...first his brother..he told me that their sister had literally gone off the deep end and her husband called 911 and they are keeping her for a psych eval. Well that took my appetite away. This was not a total surprise, Jake and I talked about her state of mind this week...we both knew something was seriously wrong. I only hope they can find out what's going on and get her the help she needs desparately.
Next call to Jake's Mom...she is hysterical. Dad has been trying to calm her down, which was useless at this point. Where's Jake? She kept asking. I kept telling her had was called into work and the boys and I were gone all day that's why we weren't home earlier. Finally it got through and then she started, Jake needs to come home right away. I told her no, he can't. When something like this happens family aren't allowed to visit and that includes your doctor son who isn't in the mental health spectrum. They won't and shouldn't let him see her now. But I need him. I told her I'd set up Skype and when he gets home they can talk via the computer, Dad knows how to do it. We'll talk with you later ok?
Next our BIL...I said what happened? She was completely out of touch with reality..he was frightened for the children and called his parents, who came and got the girls and boy, packed stuff for them and took them home with them. He called 911 and they sedated her and took her to the ER. She doesn't use any prescription drugs and of course their is no alcohol in their home..He's at the hospital and all he knows is they are keeping her for a psych eval. He'll stay until she's asleep and more than likely spend the night with her.
Jake was still not home and I can't call him in the ER and there is nothing he could do now anyway.
I called my old comfort pattern...put the boys to bed and made a toasted cheese sandwich with tomato soup and potato chips crumbled in it. For whatever reason, that always helped me through many tough times. Who knows why? But it does.
Now I'm waiting for Jake to come home.
stormy