Hamburger With The Lot Print
Written by Crayolakitty   

Hamburger With The Lot 2

‘They ran an MRI and found that she has MS’

I'm 19 years old now and have lived with my mother's mental illness for all of my life. (Just to recap) My mother is Manic Depressive, bi polar, and has multiple personality disorder. When I was 17 January 2009, I came home from school to find all of our stuff out on the curb. We had been evicted I moved in with a friend and finished school there. I'm still living with my friend and her father. I graduated High school 2010. Since then my mother has been living in a bad place. Doing god knows what kind of drugs probably multiple. About 3 weeks ago I was informed that my mother was in the hospital. She had fallen down a flight of stairs and taken to emergency room. They ran an MRI and found that she has MS. (Multiple Sclerosis- An Autoimmune disease that attacks the Spinal cord and Brain.) She is now in a rehab clinic they are working with her to regain basic functions such as walking, talking, and coordination. She is in a wheel chair unable to walk by herself. Her hands are week and extremely shaky and her words roll together when she speaks. So far she hasn't made a whole lot of progress in regaining and strengthening any of these functions. Since then i have gone to see her twice. She looks like a totally different person i didn't even recognize her when i first saw her. Growing up my mother was always a bigger woman(plump). She now weighs 130 pounds and I liked her better before. She also has very bad memory loss which could be caused by the MS or the drug abuse. I guess we will never know. She looks very sad and i cry a lot when i think of her. She looks like a withered shell of what my mother used to be... I guess i always knew that when we were evicted my mother would never be mom again but i hate that i was right. The last time my mother was mom was in October 2010, I called her one night just to say hi and because i was sick, and she told me to put crushed up garlic in my tea like she used to when i was little. She also told me how to make this onion syrup she used to make when i was sick(I know it sounds gross but it works!) That was the last time i can remember her really being mom. I know that there is still a chance that she can get passed all of this and regain basic motor functions. But her mind has been gone a long time and i don't think that she will ever regain the holes in her memory.

Crayolakitty

 

Crayolakitty previously wrote the following to Your Stories when 17 years old.

EVICTED

Hamburger With The Lot 1

‘My mother is Manic Depresive, bi polar, and has multiple personality disorder’ &
'a constant battle with substance abuse’

I'm 17 years old and have lived with my mother's mental illness for all of my life...My mother is Manic Depresive, bi polar, and has multiple personalitie disorder. Every two to three years she has a manic attack. Wich puts her into the hospital, besides her mental illness she has had a constant battle with substance abuse (marijuana). Up until i was 5 my mother dated different guys off and on but they never stuck around. Until she met Mr. Miracle and he witnessed one of my mother's manic attacks and decided to stick around. I think he felt bad for me.
Mother married Mr.Miracle and became Mrs.Miracle. They had a baby! The Miracle family and me. But it didn't last we lost our house. Mr.Miracle and Mother got devorced. We moved and Mother had another manic attack, she got into a car accident. While she was in the hospital I had to put my dog to sleep Oct 29, I was 13. When she got out of the hopital she had a broken leg and arm so i had to take care of her and my lil sis while finishing my 8th grade.
Mom had another Manic attack Freshman year, and another summer after sophmore year. Junior year...second week of january 2009 I came home from school to all of our stuff out on the curb. We had been evicted and my mother didn't tell me I had an hour left to get everything i wanted out of my bedroom. I moved in with a friend and finished the school year there. I'm still living with my friend and her father. I have my own room. I'm taking summer school now and am starting corisponding classes so i can graduate on time. I've been dating my Boyfriend since November/13/08 and i honestly believe he is the only thing that has gotten me through the last year. He is everything to me and he seems to be the only one i can depend on in my life. There is a Court date. The coutny is going to take custody of me and my sis and place us with relitives. I cant wait till my birthday in February so i wont have to deal with this anymore. I live in the Midwest US.
Sorry i wrote so much I really really wanted to get this off of my chest. I have not recieved any counsling over this and I really wish i could. But i'll be soo glad when this is all over...

Crayolakitty