April 7th, 2015 - Being Homeless

[Joe]

How is your dad?

Much better.

The Veterans hospital is a horrible horrible place. Apparently he lost a ton of blood in surgery and was given way too much medication. He was basically home a few days after surgery in an state that had him barely responsive. My mom and sister called me in tears Thursday night at midnight when they couldn't get him to move. He was taken to the hospital (a better hospital) in an ambulance and I ran there to meet them. I did the 2 hour and 45 minute drive in 2 hour flat.

When I got to the hospital and opened the curtain I actually though he was dead. He was sleeping with his mouth wide open and his skin color resembled someone who had been embalmed. At first I closed the curtain until it registered that my mom and sister were standing in there. When he opened his eyes for the doctor he had no idea what day or year it was. I lost my shit and wanted to hunt down the doctors that performed the surgery and the follow up.

When I left there Sunday he was up and talking and actually making sense. They said it's going to take days to recover from the med cocktail they had him on. My mom told me last night he may get to leave today to go to physical therapy which is awesome.

I missed the boat somewhere!! What happened to your dad!? Glad to hear he's on the mend though!

He had spinal fusion surgery done and there were some complications.

[Donginator]

Well that's just great. MD and NJ was where I wanted to go.

I was surprised NY and California weren't higher.
I guess once you get outside of NYC and LA, things aren't so expensive.

exactly, its expensive as hell 45 mile radius outside of NYC, but outside of the radius its a lot cheaper

we are actually looking to move to Connecticut, because its cheaper than NY, just not according to that statistic

[Joe]

Well that's just great. MD and NJ was where I wanted to go.

I was surprised NY and California weren't higher.
I guess once you get outside of NYC and LA, things aren't so expensive.

exactly, its expensive as hell 45 mile radius outside of NYC, but outside of the radius its a lot cheaper

we are actually looking to move to Connecticut, because its cheaper than NY, just not according to that statistic

Wow, I always heard Connecticut was one of the most expensive states.

[Donginator]

Well that's just great. MD and NJ was where I wanted to go.

I was surprised NY and California weren't higher.
I guess once you get outside of NYC and LA, things aren't so expensive.

exactly, its expensive as hell 45 mile radius outside of NYC, but outside of the radius its a lot cheaper

we are actually looking to move to Connecticut, because its cheaper than NY, just not according to that statistic

Wow, I always heard Connecticut was one of the most expensive states.

Compared to where I live in NY its not. But towns like Greenwich CT are the most expensive to live in the US. We are looking in either Stamford or Norwalk

[Joe]

Compared to where I live in NY its not. But towns like Greenwich CT are the most expensive to live in the US. We are looking in either Stamford or Norwalk

Move to PA!