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[austin_tycho]

Oh yeah, the bad news. Mom is sick. She gets sick a lot, but Dad (we are the most triangulating bunch of bastards...) said she'd been to urgent care, which I assume is one step below going to the ER. It's bronchitis, which she seems to have all the time. This time, however, she wasn't getting enough oxygen to her blood and needed some kind of breathing treatment. I called her yesterday and she sounded awful, and said it was the worst she has ever felt. In addition to the usual crappiness she is also very weak from lack of oxygen. I called back again this afternoon, and she still sounded awful; she said she hasn't bathed in a week, hasn't cleaned or done laundry, and doesn't have much appetite. Then she said she was going back to work Wednesday whether she felt like it or not because she's out of leave. I told her I would come visit her Wednesday, show her my new car, and run errands for her and help her clean if she stayed home. Blatant bribery, but I don't know what else to do.

Any of y'all smoke- please stop. She's been a chain smoker for something like 40 years now, and I really hope she quits- but I fear she won't. I really worry about what she's doing to herself.

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[marcusdibruni.livejournal.com]

My thoughts and heart and prayers go out to you. My mother smoked for years and quit about 7 years ago, and then found out she had breast cancer 5 years ago. She feels healthy, but we're not exactly sure how things look for the future, as she's on a new chemo treatment (the last one didn't work as well as they had hoped).

You're not alone in this.

[mielikki.livejournal.com]

Thank you- I appreciate it.

My dad was also a chain smoker, but quit after having a mild heart attack a couple of years ago. He was otherwise very healthy, so he survived as unscathed as one can who's had a mild heart attack. She, on the other hand, is not nearly as healthy and I fear she will not be as resilient if something bad comes down the pike. :(