anxiety all maxed out

[cimorene]

My dad went to the hospital today because his nurse on her visit told him to get a worrying wet cough checked out, and he's got covid pneumonia. He's moving to the ER.

Pneumonia is always a risk for quadriplegics and he's had it more times than I can count. And this was also his second covid infection as well. The first one wasn't directly caused by my sister's mother-in-law visiting without getting a covid test first.

(And my sister, brother-in-law, mom, and dad all okaying the visit without suggesting she have a covid test or apparently thinking of the possibility or, if I remember right, even knowing that there was a substantial risk of breakthrough infections even in the triple-vaccinated with omicron... because apparently they all got anxiety exhaustion to the point that they stopped paying ANY attention to news about the pandemic. I found all this out after she tested positive after presenting with symptoms when she was already there. Before that I had just assumed they HAD had a negative test first because it didn't even occur to me none of them had the slightest clue. And they didn't mention the visit to me until it was fait accompli, anyway.)

I am KIND of maxed out on anxiety. Learning this just now did give me a rush of panic adrenaline, but apart from the adrenaline, which is just unpleasant, there's no higher background level of anxiety or preparedness or... anything... available. Just going through a spell of frustration as well.

Comments

[lotesse]

Sympathy, and good thoughts for your dad's recovery

[syderia]

I hope he gets well soon

[laurenthemself]

Best wishes for his fast and full recovery. That's scary, but hopefully since he's had pneumonia and COVID issues before, and I imagine so have other people, they know how to handle it.

[torachan]

Oh man. Thinking good thoughts for your dad. I'm glad he listened to his nurse to get it checked out.

[vass]

Ooof. That is A Lot. Best wishes to you and your dad and the rest of your family.