Recently, I put my phone on Do Not Disturb between the hours of 10p and 8a. It will ring for those deemed as emergency contacts, which is all I care about between those hours. I didn’t consider group text messages, though. So today, I got a call from my father as I sat in bed, contemplating if I was ready to take on the day. He said something like, I told your mother she shouldn’t be eating that cabbage at night. I was befuddled, but I speak my dad’s language and I immediately check my text messages. My mom was texting us she was not feeling well. #NowItMakesSense
This was day 4 of her first chemo cycle, so I had no reason to believe it was from the pills. And eating cabbage during dinner time ain’t never hurt no one. She was set to take a new pill in a couple of hours, so all I could do was get her to eat. She wasn’t able to get out of bed, so I went over to get some food in her and hopefully clear the nausea. I grabbed quick foods from my kitchen on the way out. #JustThrowItInTheBag
When I got there, I was able to get her to eat a bit. She started to feel a little better, but still nauseous. She must’ve called her Doctor because the NP called her back when I was there. My mom’s responses to the NP made me feel some kind of way, but I left it alone. As she and I were walking through her previous day, she reminded me she took her antibiotic 2 days in a row on accident. #AHA #Lightbulb
I messaged the NP to let her know. I explained that this was the first time in the months since taking these meds that she had made this mistake. I also asked for any concerns she had and when she should take the next dose. The message I got back in MyChart left me speechless…but only for a moment. #ImSorryWhat #CalmDownKawandra #LetsChooseOurWordsWisely #MammaBearIsAboutToGoHAM
The first thing she said to me was, why did she take her antibiotic yesterday? Now, I just got done explaining the answer to the question. She followed up by saying, she is supposed to be taking it M-W-F and she is supposed to be taking it with food. #WOOOOOOOSAAAAAAAAA As politely as I could muster up, I asked her to please show my mother some grace. I reiterated this being the first time she has made this mistake and told her, her words had some bass in them and I wasn’t here for it. Needless to say, I got a follow up message AND phone call behind that one. She apologized and recognized that her words needed some work. She said she didn’t want us to ever feel like we couldn’t call her. Then a thousand more apologies. #Ok #Noted #OneEyeWillForeverBeOnYou
Listen, don’t play with me or my family. I have no issue getting you all the way together, and no title or status makes you immune. #SheLearnedToday
I said all of that to say…the Do Not Disturb is no longer on my phone! #Open24By7
