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I was just telling my mom I’ve gotten a few things checked off my huge list and maybe I can chill a little knowing some of the big things are finished.
As I’m saying this, my dad walks out and is like “my back REALLY itches.”
I take a peek and he’s got raised hives all over his back, shoulders, and chest and his nipples are red and gross. The nipples aren’t a new thing today -- they started a couple weeks ago.
He’s been dealing with an allergic reaction to something and we don’t really know what it is, but now that it’s gone to hives stage, that takes it up a notch.
Got him to shower without using Irish Spring soap, got him into some freshly washed clothes instead of the clothes in his room, and got some Benadryl and an anti-anxiety med into him. I managed to convince him to use zinc oxide cream on his hives too, which settled him. He’s sleep in the chair in the living room.
When we moved into this house about 9 years ago, we decided to change the way we all lived.
In the past it was always mom does cooking and cleaning and house maintenance (whether it’s do it herself or call someone) while dad and I work full time and I fill in when mom isn’t doing well (she seems to do something big to herself that takes her out every 7-10 years).
We’re a family full of workaholics, so really you can’t say one worked more than the other, including mom because of course housework is work.
Now that dad isn’t working other than an odd job arranged over the phone a couple times a month, we split up the chores. It’s not really an even split, but it’s better than I could’ve hoped for.
Dad is supposed to clean his own room and bathroom and wash the dishes. He does great at the dishes over the last year, but he has never cleaned his room the whole 9 years we’ve been here. He’s cleaned his bathroom a few times after some incidents but that’s it.
And since he started developing this allergic reaction both my mom and I have told him WE can’t even go into his room without feeling it in our lungs and our skin gets itchy so maybe he should do something about that.
He keeps going yeah yeah I’ll get around to it but then comes out and tells us every 5 minutes about the itchiness and sneezing, etc.
With the development of raised hives in a 77-year-old man who has atrial-fibrillation and is on blood thinners, I don’t wanna push it.
I probably should just wait until he starts turning red and can’t breathe and call an ambulance, but I don’t wanna pay for that and I don’t wanna put up with his whining. So mom and I are going to clear out his room over the next few days.
In between all the other stuff I’m doing 😝
As I’m saying this, my dad walks out and is like “my back REALLY itches.”
I take a peek and he’s got raised hives all over his back, shoulders, and chest and his nipples are red and gross. The nipples aren’t a new thing today -- they started a couple weeks ago.
He’s been dealing with an allergic reaction to something and we don’t really know what it is, but now that it’s gone to hives stage, that takes it up a notch.
Got him to shower without using Irish Spring soap, got him into some freshly washed clothes instead of the clothes in his room, and got some Benadryl and an anti-anxiety med into him. I managed to convince him to use zinc oxide cream on his hives too, which settled him. He’s sleep in the chair in the living room.
When we moved into this house about 9 years ago, we decided to change the way we all lived.
In the past it was always mom does cooking and cleaning and house maintenance (whether it’s do it herself or call someone) while dad and I work full time and I fill in when mom isn’t doing well (she seems to do something big to herself that takes her out every 7-10 years).
We’re a family full of workaholics, so really you can’t say one worked more than the other, including mom because of course housework is work.
Now that dad isn’t working other than an odd job arranged over the phone a couple times a month, we split up the chores. It’s not really an even split, but it’s better than I could’ve hoped for.
Dad is supposed to clean his own room and bathroom and wash the dishes. He does great at the dishes over the last year, but he has never cleaned his room the whole 9 years we’ve been here. He’s cleaned his bathroom a few times after some incidents but that’s it.
And since he started developing this allergic reaction both my mom and I have told him WE can’t even go into his room without feeling it in our lungs and our skin gets itchy so maybe he should do something about that.
He keeps going yeah yeah I’ll get around to it but then comes out and tells us every 5 minutes about the itchiness and sneezing, etc.
With the development of raised hives in a 77-year-old man who has atrial-fibrillation and is on blood thinners, I don’t wanna push it.
I probably should just wait until he starts turning red and can’t breathe and call an ambulance, but I don’t wanna pay for that and I don’t wanna put up with his whining. So mom and I are going to clear out his room over the next few days.
In between all the other stuff I’m doing 😝