Cathy mentioned we were trying out a new habilitation person as a backup for Sue. Her name is Val and she’s young and energetic which is nice because none of us are.
She came at the right time because Sue got pneumonia last week and couldn’t care for Maria. Val can work only mornings because she takes care of another kid in the afternoon but having her come was a great help to Cathy. With Manolis gone, we are down one caregiver anyhow. Sue’s pneumonia got better at the end of last week and she was going to start back with Maria tomorrow.
Cathy got out of a class today to find two messages on her cell phone. The first was from Sue saying she was having trouble breathing and was headed for urgent care. The second was from Sue’s daughter saying Sue had a heart attack, was rushed into surgery for a stent, is in ICU for two days and off work for six weeks. Yikes!
Of course this is worse for Sue and her family, but it’s going to kind of awkward for us too. I’ll have to cover Sue’s shifts this week since Cathy has her class. For future weeks we aren’t sure. Cathy may have to work from home for a while and we might have to get someone else in, but it’s hard to find people who want to work part time.
We’ll figure it out but with no school, no Manolis and now no Sue it’s going to be interesting.