I got a call from my mom this morning. She went to a doctor's appointment and the doctor said she needed to be admitted to the hospital for observation. She didn't want to take an ambulance so I cruised out and drove her to the Emergency Room.
Apparently the medication that she had been taking for high blood pressure had caused her heart rate to drop to 37. People have said that she shouldn't even be standing with a heart rate that low but she was quite functional and perfectly lucid.
Anyway, this medication that she was prescribed caused some sort of receptor or something to no longer function properly and they said that she may need a pacemaker.
I stayed with her, asked the nurses questions, got her juice, ran to the house to grab some of her favorite books, took notes for what needed to be done for my niece's birthday party tomorrow that my mom was so looking forward to, called my brother and dad to let them know what was going on and stayed with her until she was taken from the ER to an actual room in the hospital.
I recognize that these are all things that any 'normal' person would do but... I've NEVER been responsible like that when it came to family. I was always chasing after my next high or sleeping off the last one. I was always lazy and selfishly self-centered.
I could see that it was comforting that I was there and I took charge of asking important questions. She was able to relax (for once).
Somewhere along the line of me getting clean, I became a son.
Apparently the medication that she had been taking for high blood pressure had caused her heart rate to drop to 37. People have said that she shouldn't even be standing with a heart rate that low but she was quite functional and perfectly lucid.
Anyway, this medication that she was prescribed caused some sort of receptor or something to no longer function properly and they said that she may need a pacemaker.
I stayed with her, asked the nurses questions, got her juice, ran to the house to grab some of her favorite books, took notes for what needed to be done for my niece's birthday party tomorrow that my mom was so looking forward to, called my brother and dad to let them know what was going on and stayed with her until she was taken from the ER to an actual room in the hospital.
I recognize that these are all things that any 'normal' person would do but... I've NEVER been responsible like that when it came to family. I was always chasing after my next high or sleeping off the last one. I was always lazy and selfishly self-centered.
I could see that it was comforting that I was there and I took charge of asking important questions. She was able to relax (for once).
Somewhere along the line of me getting clean, I became a son.
