Just when I thought I couldn't hate the COVIDIOTS any MORE, they're possibly killing my Aunt [View all]
My 80 y.o. Aunt (fully vaxxed, fully liberal, and totally cool), my mom's only sibling, and the only person from the older generation I have left apart from my mom has been in the hospital for 7 weeks in Sonora, CA, after a simple surgery gone wrong (per Mom's opinion) has cascaded into a series of problems, infections, and follow up surgeries.
This is the convo we just had ... note that my mom was a nurse and hospital administrator for nearly 50 years, so she knows of whence she speaks. Ben and Melissa are her kids, my only first cousins. And Don is our family lawyer.
BTW, nobody has been able to visit her in person since week 1, BECAUSE COVIDIOTS ... But they were finally just allowed in to visit, then hit up with the 'comfort care' spiel.
Mom:
Aunt Lee is probably not going to make it. She now has pneumonia and they are trying to get us to put her on just comfort care. We haven't given up so far but she is pretty critical (for the umpteenth time)
I did get to see her yesterday and Ben and Melissa are with her today. Then they are trying to cancel our visitation unless we put her on comfort care.
Me:
Damn it! Pneumonia? Is she C19 positive?
Extorting you to resolve to let her pass away if you want to be able to visit sounds pretty shitty.
Mom:
She tested negative a couple of days ago. We are writing a letter from Don
Me:
Well, this sucks 🙁
Most hospitals are probably neck deep in pneumonia (and similar) too right now. Guessing the demand on treatment equipment is at a premium.
Mom:
Yes, and she's an old lady so they don't give a damn.
They are neck deep in Covid patients because the people of Sonora deny Covid and do nothing to stop it.
Me:
Do you have a feeling they're pushing the comfort care because they need the equipment for others?
Mom:
yes
Me:
just when I thought I couldn't hate the Covidiots any more.
Mom:
We plan to take her home to die if it comes to comfort care but it takes them 24 hours to arrange it.
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