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[work] cw: ...um significant health issues? being too late?
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one of the saddest things in this job is managing the people who learnt their lessons too late
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case in point: the young mum with a lovely daughter who is almost certainly depressed
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why? because mum was an alcoholic
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:c
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and she didn't stop in time before she developed cardiomyopathy (weak heart) and a stroke
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mum can barely string sentences together now after her stroke
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and she's trying SO HARD to be a good mum
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but that kid is growing up as the carer for her mother
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she's already got huge bags under her eyes and she's ten
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and damnit but that sucks because mum's trying to do the right thing now but its too late
ɱαɛᵴʈԉα
Poor child...
Ghoulfish
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some days I just... ugh
ℓα∂у уєииєfєя
Yeah, I can't say I sympathize for the mum. I feel sorry for the daughter, though.
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moral of this story: by all that's holy please, please, please don't let alcohol or drugs rule you because seriously once that line of "too far" is crossed you can't go back
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Is there any chance someone can step in for the kid, maybe? D:
Elf of the Sun
This is why I worry for my brother.
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ℓα∂у уєииєfєя : school is doing their best, and tbf so is the mum, but mum's not in terribly good shape post-stroke, dad does his best but he's got to work, so...
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like: mum's first concern today after the mental health referrals were sorted was "my daughter has bags under her eyes is she having heart problems D=" because, of course, that's what she's got
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I had to explain that no, this means she's probably not sleeping well, and sure enough you ask the girl what she does when she's sent to bed and she stays up late reading & watching TV
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I should not have to explain this
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I mean I suspect she's having nightmares too but
andalite!
Man...
ChickletLARP
That poor kid.
ναℓєяу
What a sad situation for all of them.
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
God that poor girl.
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