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In response to "Most likely." by kelly

My Dad does this ALL the time. Well before he moved in with me. Now he can't hide it.

Posted by Redmond (aka redmond) May 12 '10, 20:01

He was in the hospital for a week and nobody in the family knew. Broken blood vessel in his brain.

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my folks do this for the more minor stuff (if getting hit in the head with a falling tree and having it shatter your jaw is minor - kare May 12, 20:08 3
- apparently our rule is that my brother (the oldest) calls the rest of us, even though my sister is local. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 20:11 2
  - we have pretty much zero extended family, so that helps matters too. -- nm - kare May 12, 20:12 1
    - sometimes (most times?) extended family makes things ... complicated. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 20:33
dear God. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 20:02 10
- I immediately made him list me as the emergency contact at the VA -- nm - Redmond May 12, 20:02 9
  - Anyway my point is. My Dad does this same shit. I sympathise with your frustration peeps. -- nm - Redmond May 12, 20:03
  - If my dad this this I would FREAK. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 20:03 7
    - When I was having my heart issue I told my wife not to call my Mom. - Redmond May 12, 20:05 6
      - That said! There is no fucking way I am letting my Mom find out by a cousin posting "your son is having a heart attack" - Redmond May 12, 20:07 5
        
        Eh, we're cutting her some slack. She's 16 - didn't realize nobody else knew. -- nm - kelly May 12, 20:12 2
        
        Fair enough. In this case it's almost better that she posted otherwise how much longer would you not know? - Redmond May 12, 20:14 1
        
        He got a phone call on his way to the ER, so he would have known eventually - just not in such a dramatic fashion. - kelly May 12, 20:16
        
        that's the thing. -- nm - loosilu May 12, 20:10
        
        right? i think it's insensitive of the cousin too -- nm - kare May 12, 20:09

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My Dad does this ALL the time. Well before he moved in with me. Now he can't hide it.

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