Clearly my cousin has lost his mind. I get that he is 500 miles away from his dad. But it is HIS dad. I promise I am not trying to step on his toes, but things are not right. My uncle is not behaving correctly. his son needs to step up to the plate and figure out what is going on. I am just a niece – I have zero power. My cousin blames his job and no money for gas to get there. In my mind, that is not an excuse. You need to be there for your dad. So who does my uncle depend on? Yup. Me. I am 900 miles away.
I am still calling doctors – lots of them. And to keep me on my toes – the VA too. Turns out that if you want to keep getting VA benefits, you have to see the VA doctor once a year. Who knew? Let me add figuring out how to get a VA doctor appointment on my list. And now my uncle is telling (OK yelling at) me that he is deserved 100% disability. How am I supposed to figure that out?
The D word was mentioned today. Divorce. I think he wants to be done with her. We have started to look for an attorney.
Criminal court again this month. Same roll call. Same postponement to next month. I wonder why we paid the criminal attorney so much? He has done nothing.
Good news – my uncle is coming east for Thanksgiving. He hasn’t seen my dad in several years. It will be good to have everyone together. But I had to make all the flight arrangements. And I had to figure out how to get him to the airport via a shuttle. And I had to pay for them. I hope he pays me back. Wait a minute – do you think he can pack a suitcase?
Caregiver Musings 