Dad fell again early this morning. I'm not quite sure how it happened, the nursing home has had 2 different stories and I'm not sure how much I want to dig at it.
The call woke me up and I snuck out to the ER to be there for him. Fortunately, he's OK and Mom got her full night's sleep. I had not gotten to sleep at a decent hour and I came home in the mid-morning, exhausted to the bones, with the knot in my back hurting like white hot flame over my entire shoulder and neck. I crawled back into bed intending to take a nap, but realized that I just wanted to quit this whole caregiving thing and run screaming back to VA, but I was too tired to walk to the car.
So, just for today, I quit. It's mid-afternoon and I'm still in my pjs in bed. I asked Mom to go visit Dad without me. Maybe tonight I'll go to the movies, or maybe I'll just stay in bed.
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