Day: April 21, 2013

09:10 – Barbara’s dad came home briefly, but is now back in the hospital. I almost paid a visit to the hospital myself yesterday, to have a heart-to-heart chat with some of their staff. When Barbara got home yesterday morning, I was downstairs doing laundry when she pulled in. She got on her cell phone as soon as she got out of her car, and I overheard her end of the conversation with her sister. I heard her mention a conversation with one of the nurses, and she mentioned that the nurse had said that she and Frances were horrible children. I roared, “WHO THE HELL SAID THAT?”, and was getting ready to get in my truck and head down there. Barbara quickly assured me that the nurse hadn’t actually used those words, but that had been her implication. Not much better, but I sat down and listened to what Barbara had to say. In effect, the nurse accused Barbara and Frances of abandoning their father, when the truth is that the hospital flat-out lied to them about his condition and essentially forced them to take their father home when he wasn’t anywhere near ready to be released. And this nurse actually told Barbara that if they brought him back to the hospital they wouldn’t treat him further and that their father was now their responsibility.

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