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Originally Posted by guiltier65
received a phone call from my dad this am that he needed to take a trip to the ER for a possible bowel obstruction. I am at work because there is no one to cover my clinic while my husband sits in the ER with my folks. I feel so torn. I'm a lousy daughter because i'm not with him at the hospital or i'm a lousy school nurse because i'm not at work in my clinic. it is all so hopeless.
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May I suggest a different conversation with yourself? Your father is being helped. Period. Not only that, he is being helped by family - your mother and you husband. Not only that, he is under active medical care. Not only that, he is not suffering from heart failure and dying today. Not only that, bowel obstructions are wholly preventable and hopefully this grown man will take full responsibility for such preventable health problems in the future, and not require all other adults in his life to go through a day of major upheaval (harsh, I know, but putting this into blunt perspective, which usu works for me personally.)
You are not failing anyone. Chill, it's under control. Yay!