My uncle fell down over the weekend. I made a post about his story awhile back. He suffered from a pretty major stroke several years ago. It did look like he was making slow progress on recovery, but has deteriorated quite a bit in the past few years. Initially, my aunt took him to the ER after his fall, and they did not find anything. For some reason, they took a second look and found he fractured a vertebrae, and sent him to a physical therapy clinic (since I am overhearing this from a conversation between my parents, it is a bit unclear). While he was there, he fell again, and we do not know if there was further injury. My dad went to see him today at the clinic and sent some photos. My uncle was sitting on a wheelchair by himself in front of a table. He was wearing a face shield because he is still unvaccinated. He looked confused and sad. My dad said my uncle probably did not recognize him, and all he could say was “hurt” (probably 痛 in Chinese).
I understand life must be tough for my aunt, having to take care of him for the past several years. They did get an in-home care person, but she quit after a few days. His two sons (my cousins) are in Asia, though I heard one of them is coming back, not sure how long. His daughter was married a few years ago and currently pregnant so likely not much help. My mom said the son-in-law is a nurse, and is helping when he can. I guess my frustration is him not being vaccinated, With his poor health and the prevalence of the delta variant of COVID, I firmly believe if he gets infected, he will die. Since my uncle cannot make decisions, it is totally up to my aunt. Whenever my parents ask about COVID vaccination, she comes up with an excuse why they are not vaccinated. I do not know if she is hardcore anti-vaxx or just confused by all the disinformation out there, but the whole situation sucks.
Life with chronic diseases 