So, hi. Long time no see. I've been busy. You've probably been busy too. Nice to see you. This is a pretty serious update and I'm sorry about that.

So, some real shit has happened since last time. This doesn't really have any of the telltale elements of a usual story about Nana, but I figured an update was in order. I'll post some more stories about things that have happened eventually, but for now I've only really got this. Also... I wrote this on a phone so forgive me for errors please.

Four days ago, Nana was put in the hospital. She was incoherent and incredibly tired for two to three days before an ambulance was called. She was in the ICU until today.

On Friday I was woken up a phone call from Papa, telling me Nana was in the hospital. At the time we didn't know what was wrong with her, so my mother and I both ferried our asses over there as fast as we could (and this is the only time my penchant for speeding in cars has come in handy).

She was flushed and incoherent, babbling about things that nobody could understand except me. Even then, it made no sense. I might have been able to decipher what she was saying, but that doesn't mean she was saying anything that made sense.

Eventually her doctor arrived and told us that it was renal failure. Her potassium levels were sky-high, and she was delirious from the chemicals her kidneys were putting out or something like that. Forgive me, my memory is not the best and I'm very brain-fried right now. The internet is your friend, I'm sure if you're really invested in learning about kidneys shitting the bed and how it works you'll figure it out.

Regardless, her strange want to be babied and the center of attention has not changed. According to my mother (this is truly a secondhand anecdote because I've been sitting with my grandparents' dog for the past few days after the initial visit) she's overexaggerating just how bad she is to my family while simply shutting down anything the nurses and doctors do for her.

(I don't understand why she'd even be exaggerating because everybody else is already uber-concerned but that's just me I guess.)

Evidently the other day she was doing just fine (well, as fine as someone who's in her situation can be I guess), coherently talking to my mother and my uncle and then the nurse came in with medicine, at which point according to my mother she “shut her mouth really tight and crinkled her eyes shut so hard her face was scrunched up and pretended to be asleep. She was even ignoring Papa!” and refused medicine from said nurse. She then proceeded to eat her lunch and ask for another only to be flatly denied by the aforementioned nurse.

Joke's on her, they gave her a feeding tube (in the nose, for the meds).

As of today she's got a normal room and is out of the ICU so that's that. I feel very sorry for the nurses/doctors who have to deal with her.

Also, I'm fairly sure the renal failure thing is from all the god damn medicine she's been taking for years but I've actually got a plan to make a post about that but that's a story for another day et cetera.

Sorry if this doesn't meet the criteria for a post here, mods, I can take it down or whatever if it doesn't!

(Also hey thanks to all the medical professionals out there, because sweet jesus you all do so much!)