Me & my brother took his wife & our dad to a steakhouse for his 74th birthday, back on March 8th. Whatever the one with all the shucked peanut shells everywhere is. Had beers, beef, a blooming onion, belt loosening, & some laughs.
I'm glad we had that day. I work in a hospital, & it was very shortly after that, that I distanced myself from the whole bunch of them, because dad is old with hypertension, diabetes, & liver issues, & my brother is HIV+, & while both of them function just fine normally... there was no need to tempt fate
It kind of sucks, more than I'd have guessed, because we all live on the same block, & usually see each other daily. That dinner was literally the same week we all shopped around for my new car. It was a good week. It all went to crap shortly thereafter
I'm phone calling often, but dad's dog gets depressed when I don't come around. So I feel bad about that. It's liable to have a stroke when I finally walk through the door lol. Plus dad's been feeling off the past couple days.
It doesn't seem Covid related. They recently altered some of his hypertension & liver meds to different types or something, & in the past, that's always been a source of feeling wonky. He's getting in touch with his docs today.
Would be nice to visit in person, but I just don't know if I want to chance it. Every minor headache or sore throat in the past month gets me thinking I'm carrying this crap around