You guys remember when I was talking about my grandma? She's at a nursing home now because her husband is an idiot who thinks he's really a doctor.
You see... she was having some health issues and instead of listening to a REAL doctor, she let her husband "treat" her with a how arsenal of herbal and vitamin supplements. Well... the truth is, those supplements came too late and may have even made her condition worse. He was making her take about 4000mg of pure coral calcium a day because he thought it would "undo" her osterporosis (sp?). Well... she ended up having calcium deposits all over her body, including in her heart valves. Her heart valves were so calcified that the doctor who did a surgery to replace them had ALOT of trouble getting them out. He said he'd never seen heart valves that bad in all of the hundreds of surgeries he's done. Anyways, calcium flaked off into her blood stream and she ended up having 6 strokes. Her husband went against her health directive (she had requested that they do not keep her alive on machines) and had the hospital keep her alive. She can't move... she can't talk... she can't feed herself or go to the bathroom. There isn't much hope for recovery.
Anyway... fast forward to my mother. We as a family had never really cared much for our grandma. She disowned my brother and I when we were children because she was angry with my dad (her son). My mom never liked her mother-in-law... in fact, she pretty much hated her. My grandma played no role in our lives at all when I was a kid. It wasn't until her second husband died (my dad's stepdad) and she remarried did she try to reach out to us. In my opinion, it was too little too late. Well since all of this drama with my grandma's health... my mom has been doing nothing but stressing over the situation. She has practically given herself an ulcer from "worrying". She goes to visit my grandma every day... EVERY DAY! And she's constantly on my butt for not going to visit her very often. So why this sudden change of heart? I know my mom... she is one to hold a grudge to her grave! But I found something out on Friday. It turns out that my dad has his name on one of my grandma's accounts at a credit union. The money belonged to his grandfather and was supposedly always meant for my dad. Well... I'm not sure exactly how much money is there... but apparently its enough to pay off my parent's mortgage. Hmmmmm...
I've come to the conclusion that my mom just wants that money and she's afraid that my grandma's husband is going to try to spend it before my parents can get their hands on it. I think that's why she has been acting so off the wall lately.
Sorry this is so long... I just needed to get this off my chest and I'm not supposed to tell anyone. Hehe... but you guys don't count because you don't really know me.
