My hard headed father and 365 cars

[luvMIdog]

My 96 year old father had the flu this last week. I begged him to rest and stay hydrated. Of course he does not take my advice. He goes grocery shopping where his leg gives out in the store and he can't get up. Instead of taking an ambulance from there he has the store workers stick him in one of those store electric chairs and wheel him out to his car and help him in. He drives home to his house in the country that is off a highway with groceries. Again he drops near his front porch and can't get up. He said he lie there for over 2 hours and counted 365 cars drive by as he waved at all of them for help. He doesn't know if they saw him or not. Finally a nice guy stops and calls an ambulance and my sister who was at work. They take my dad to the hospital where he is now.
I call my daughter to tell her about it and she says " Oh my God why didn't he call the ambulance from the store?" I told her it's because he's one hard headed old guy that hates to go to hospitals. She says " Well it looks like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree does it Mom?" Brat LOL. My dad likes to say " We're in a Trump slump"

[Historic NY]

1. The store should have called no matter...

they could be liable, pretty dumb on their part too.

[luvMIdog]

2. yeah they should have he probably talked them out of it

[Phoenix61]

3. Powdered butt syndrome strikes again

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It's why parents will never take advice from their own children. They powdered your butt when they changed your diaper and will never see you as a "real" adult. Aggravating as hell. I hope your dad is feeling better and back home soon.

[luvMIdog]

4. thank you :)

[dhill926]

5. I was always able to power my own butt....

sometimes to excess...

[csziggy]

6. I hope your father is doing better!

My Dad fell at home late one evening. After some discussion he and my mother, the retired registered nurse, decided to let him spend the night on the floor. She gave him a pillow and a blanket to make him more comfortable.

The next morning when he still couldn't stand, Mom remembered that my sister had told her she could call for an ambulance and they would help get Dad up, so she did that. They helped him into bed but he refused to go to the hospital. A few hours later he needed to go to the bathroom and fell again. Mom called the ambulance again - that time they insisted Dad go to the hospital against his wishes.

Good thing - he had a blood clot in his lung. He was falling because he didn't have good blood flow. Dad spent three month in hospital and nursing home before he went home. After that my sister insisted they have 24 hour live in help. Mom's style of nursing just didn't cut it anymore.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Your Dad sounds like a remarkable guy!

And remarkably stubborn! Wishing him a speedy - and safe - recovery.