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[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

I had to take care of an immobile relative for a while, I vastly underestimated how much work caretaking actually is. Kudos to you, hope you're taking good care of yourself as well.

[–]linda_senora 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

Sometimes it can be more work than one expects.

I did have to deal with leaks a couple of times. Those are of no consequence, except, the stoma is located 1 inch from the incision and a leak might have caused an infection.

It has gotten pretty easy, tbh.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

I admire your nerves of steel. Your mother's lucky. Did y'all do anything for Mother's Day?

[–]linda_senora 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Well, I don't know about nerves of steel.

It can get pretty odorous depending on what she eats. Not to say anything about its consistency.

One of my younger brothers sent her ingredients for a mother's day meal and my sister cooked the meal and now is whipping up an apple coffee cake.

My older brother paid her a visit on Saturday and gifted her a pair of pajamas.

How about you?

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

My mom's out of town on a big trip to celebrate being vaccinated, so I called her yesterday. I've been at work all day. We weren't as busy as we thought, although it is graduation weekend in addition to being mother's day. I live in Texas and the state has been completely reopened for a couple of months now.

[–]linda_senora 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Good for her!

Do you work in the service industry?

What do you think about the state being completely reopened? I'll bet is better for business. Are people taking precautions?

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Haha yes I do. I worked through the entire pandemic, I'm very cynical about a lot of it.

I think people should take whatever precautions make them feel comfortable, and that businesses should offer accomodations for people who have serious risk of illness (such as curbside pick-up, special hours, etc.) I try to live and let live.

Have y'all opened up where you are?

[–]linda_senora 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

That is the way it shold be: live and let live.

Personally, I am getting tired of wearing a mask and every time I have to accompany my mom to the hospital, I have to wear one or two.

My country is a bit of a mess. Every so often the President claims the situation is getting worse and mandates that those who can telecommute should do so. That means people who work at supermarkets, markets, bakeries, hospitals, etc. have to go to their place of work.

My older brother has a business and he goes to work the way he usually does, my sister has worked from home ever since the pandemic started (I think she has been back to her office 6 or 8 weeks total since April 2020).

Schools are closed. Students have had to deal with online classes since April or May 2020.

[–]PatsyStoneMaverique 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Oops, I asked you about Mother's Day and you don't live in the U.S. Sorry. If someone uses America spelling I have a tendency to just assume they're American.

We were under basically all of the same conditions for the past year. Our state governor makes those decisions here and he would waffle back and forth periodically. Politicians are mostly scumbags, I think the power does that to you.

[–]linda_senora 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

You are right about politicians!

No problem Re: Mother's Day. We (Venezuelans) celebrate Mother's Day the same day you do. I think the Brits are the only ones who celebrate MD in March.