"Today was a terrible day because..."

[HorusMyDude]

Yikes, it seems like they're really trying to undersell you :( Don't be afraid to be a bit ruthless about it if the person doesn't send you the money. Business is business, after all. Plus, a new buyer might pay the shipping fees by themselves.

[Shruikan]

My mother is currently in the hospital. We don't know what's wrong with her, but she got gradually weaker all yesterday, until she physically couldn't move, or even speak coherently. My sister and I had to spend two hours holding her up on the toilet seat where she'd half collasped so she didn't hit her head on anything. Half the time she seemed like she didn't know where she was or who we even were.
The ambulance we called got lost twice and took an hour and a hlaf to arrive, and then needed to take longer because they couldn't move her to the ambulance withoout a wheelchair... By the time she got going it was past midnight.

Now my dad's with her in the hospital and I have no idea what's happening and I'm so scared...

[Lychee]

My mother is currently in the hospital. We don't know what's wrong with her, but she got gradually weaker all yesterday, until she physically couldn't move, or even speak coherently. My sister and I had to spend two hours holding her up on the toilet seat where she'd half collasped so she didn't hit her head on anything. Half the time she seemed like she didn't know where she was or who we even were.
The ambulance we called got lost twice and took an hour and a hlaf to arrive, and then needed to take longer because they couldn't move her to the ambulance withoout a wheelchair... By the time she got going it was past midnight.

Now my dad's with her in the hospital and I have no idea what's happening and I'm so scared...

That sounds terrifying! And really upsetting, not having emergency services arrive promptly.
Do you have a lot you need to do while you wait for answers- like, can you take time off to be with family and feel supported and talk to them, or be with your dad at the hospital? It's horrible to be in suspense and powerless and then have to go to work or be away from support!

If you wanna talk about it here- does she have any serious pre-existing medical stuff going on?

I hope it turns out the best it possibly can, and things get identified and sorted out quickly!

((For me, yesterday was a terrible day because it started with standing in the rain cleaning a pool for two hours, I backed the work truck into a tree, yelled at customers, and had to work for 14 hours straight))

[Neo Emolga]

My mother is currently in the hospital. We don't know what's wrong with her, but she got gradually weaker all yesterday, until she physically couldn't move, or even speak coherently. My sister and I had to spend two hours holding her up on the toilet seat where she'd half collasped so she didn't hit her head on anything. Half the time she seemed like she didn't know where she was or who we even were.
The ambulance we called got lost twice and took an hour and a hlaf to arrive, and then needed to take longer because they couldn't move her to the ambulance withoout a wheelchair... By the time she got going it was past midnight.

Now my dad's with her in the hospital and I have no idea what's happening and I'm so scared...

Meh, that's horrible, but try to spend as much time with her as you can. I can't believe it took that long for an ambulance to arrive, though. Don't most people have access to a GPS now? I would like to think ambulances do.

I hope they quickly figure out what went wrong and they have something to address it.

[Bulbasaur]

My mother is currently in the hospital. We don't know what's wrong with her, but she got gradually weaker all yesterday, until she physically couldn't move, or even speak coherently. My sister and I had to spend two hours holding her up on the toilet seat where she'd half collasped so she didn't hit her head on anything. Half the time she seemed like she didn't know where she was or who we even were.
The ambulance we called got lost twice and took an hour and a hlaf to arrive, and then needed to take longer because they couldn't move her to the ambulance withoout a wheelchair... By the time she got going it was past midnight.

Now my dad's with her in the hospital and I have no idea what's happening and I'm so scared...

I'm so sorry to hear that... that's gotta be heart-stopping. Let us know when you have updates. :[

[Shruikan]

So, as of today my mother's being moved out of the intensive care. Yesterday she was fully awake again, but can't anything from that night until now, and has no recollection of being taken to the hospital. Otherwise she's almost back to normal.

The doctors say she had undiagnosed diabetes that caused ketoacidosis. Apparently her blood was more acid than blood when she was brought in, but they managed to bring it back down to normal thankfully.




On the other hand, I had to spend most of yesterday routing through all my logins changing and that used my @tiscali email to a different one, as they are shutting it down today. So that was fun. >_<

[Neo Emolga]

So, as of today my mother's being moved out of the intensive care. Yesterday she was fully awake again, but can't anything from that night until now, and has no recollection of being taken to the hospital. Otherwise she's almost back to normal.

The doctors say she had undiagnosed diabetes that caused ketoacidosis. Apparently her blood was more acid than blood when she was brought in, but they managed to bring it back down to normal thankfully.




On the other hand, I had to spend most of yesterday routing through all my logins changing and that used my @tiscali email to a different one, as they are shutting it down today. So that was fun. >_<

I'm really glad it wasn't a stroke or a brain aneurysm. For a minute it sounded something like that.

I'm hoping she can make a full recovery before the holidays.

[Bulbasaur]

So, as of today my mother's being moved out of the intensive care. Yesterday she was fully awake again, but can't anything from that night until now, and has no recollection of being taken to the hospital. Otherwise she's almost back to normal.

The doctors say she had undiagnosed diabetes that caused ketoacidosis. Apparently her blood was more acid than blood when she was brought in, but they managed to bring it back down to normal thankfully.




On the other hand, I had to spend most of yesterday routing through all my logins changing and that used my @tiscali email to a different one, as they are shutting it down today. So that was fun. >_<

Glad to hear that. I was really scared for you.

[Bulbasaur]

So my co-workers found my profile with my preferred name online, and they were asking me some questions about it a week ago in a kind of malicious way. I'm a little scared because I just accepted a full-time position there and I don't want to be harassed about it, which I'm afraid of happening. I'd also rather not lose the job, because I'm trying to rent a place and move out ASAP.

I figured this might happen at some point, but it still stinks.

[Neo Emolga]

So my co-workers found my profile with my preferred name online, and they were asking me some questions about it a week ago in a kind of malicious way. I'm a little scared because I just accepted a full-time position there and I don't want to be harassed about it, which I'm afraid of happening. I'd also rather not lose the job, because I'm trying to rent a place and move out ASAP.

I figured this might happen at some point, but it still stinks.

Just be honest, open, and transparent about it. I find the more you appear to be hiding something, the more pesky people try to pry into it to dig up dirty leverage on you. But if you openly reveal it and act like you've got nothing to hide and you're happy to share some info about it, suddenly the appeal of probing at it dissolves because there's nothing secret about it for them to try and dig up anymore.

I mean if someone at work were to ask me about my Emolga alias, I'd be happy to share the details and let them know what kind of Pokemon Emolga is and all that good stuff. But if I were to say "hey, that's private, lay off!" then I know they'll dig around some more because they think they'll find something dirty or private that they'll think is funny or blackmail me with it. I could be like "oh yeah, Neo Emolga, that's my usual screen name online for games and such. Yeah, Emolga is a flying and electric Pokemon based on a flying squirrel. I like the little dude so what's why I have that."

You don't have to reveal everything, just casually and nonchalantly reveal the basics as a touch and go discussion point and move along.