SO WITHOUT going into it tooooo much

Today was bad, very bad

Katie did not vote on Tuesday. She couldn't get out of bed

And the guilt tied with the result ate at her

She's been in bed sobbing all day. Cannot be consoled. I called Alex to help me somewhat with cheering her up

But by the time I contacted Alex, Katie wanted to go to the ER

We hit a breaking point

So apparently

She has had several falls

Last year, a fall caused her to break her leg

So a fall is a big deal

And her admitting she fell several times and didn't tell anyone is a very big deal

She didn't tell anyone because she was worried my dad would be mad

WHICH.

Ya, relateable

My dad is offended

But he can kinda shove it because I understand Katie being scared to tell him she made a mistake

I've had things thrown at my head for telling him the toilet broke or the fridge filter needed replacing

He has anger issues!

THAT SAID

He would never ever hurt or be upset like that with Katie

I think I just bring out the worst of him, it's a me thing lol

But she still sees him get upset at these small things and clams up

Anyway, her current pain spike is likely the result of one of these falls where she didn't tell us she fell

YOU MIGHT ASK why is she falling so much

So Scott has narcolepsy and we are pretty certain Katie does too

Combine that with the narcotics she has to take for medication aaaaaaand well, she falls asleep in weird places

Standing, sitting, even mid-walk

It's hard to prevent because it's happening more and more spontaneously

Anyway, something might be broken

And it has, according to her, been a few weeks and with other falls in between

Alex talked her out of doing an ER trip tonight, but they are going in the morning

But I had to call Alex, well. Okay. I had to goon a walk and call Alex so Katie didn't overhear me telling on her

And Alex and I agreed that she had to call Katie

So I went to check on Katie and asked "Do you want me to let Alex know you aren't feeling well?"

"yes, but just tell her I'm having a pain spike"

Okay, she wants to call you, is that okay?

(MEANWHILE, I've told Alex everything including that she is only supposed to know "it's a pain spike")

Katie agrees to the phone call

And thank goodness

I think Katie needed it

I feel bad because Alex has to do damage control but I can't help Katie like her daughter can

I am a decent help for some things and encouragement is one with some practicality thrown in but Alex is the nurse and she can handle this rollercoaster far better than I can

Also, again. Katie's eldest daughter

So priorities

So tomorrow I have to house sit while my dad and Katie goes to the ER

I'll probably report back to this plurk with the results of that visit so that's why I said mute cause it'll get zombie'd later

Anyway, this might sound bad but I haven't really had time to process the election results because Katie's been the focus of the day

So I'm kinda glad? It'll hit me, I know. But I'm also grateful for the distraction. It just sucks that Katie is in all this pain and that's my form of distraction

I messaged a SEA BDO guildie in the middle of the night with just

F

and he replied

F

And it gave me comfort that we had a mutual understanding

But that's the only ... processing I've done

Anyway, I'll stop there.

If you are the type and somehow aren't muting yet, please send Katie nice warm fuzzy vibes

I lent her Merrill for the night but it is a temporary thing cause she'll wander back to me after a nap but hopefully Merrill's motorboat purring will give her some comfort for a bit

sending all the good vibes I have.

Thaaanks

She decided not to go this morning so maybe the vibes worked lol

She's going to see how today goes if she just rests and decide tomorrow

She's scheduled a doctor's appointment in the meantime for 2 weeks from now (earliest they had) in case this pain hasn't calmed down by then

My thoughts are with her too

poor Katie

Thank you :c

She's in better spirits today, just need to keep monitoring this new pain