Life, Interrupted
Six weeks ago, my dad went to the ER from a fall he had handing my mom their dog’s leash. He basically hasn’t left the hospital since (though he is anticipated be released Friday and things are on the up and up!!!). It has been a tremendous challenge emotionally- but also a challenge to step up as the caregiver to my Dad, especially from a decision making perspective. And, it has been really challenging to try to balance work (and a new role!), my own family, and trying to have some semblance of a social life. Johnny and I laughed the other night that since July (when we started the process of moving my parents out of their house in preparation for them to downsize), we have basically had no downtime. I mostly write about being a working mom- but over the past few weeks, I’ve learned that a new role is equally or more challenging: being a working caregiver. It’s hard for many reasons- there are so many details to keep track of- medicines, diagnoses, recommendations, dates, exerci