Apartment Life #417

 

This is a weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that have gone on in and around my apartment complex and in my neighborhood in the past 27 years that I've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 27 years here in a weekly blog post.

Life Update:

My daughter saw her cardiologist, she said the congestive heart failure can be reversed. They gave her medicine to keep her blood pressure low so her heart doesn't over work and can heal itself. Don't know how long that will take. The medicine makes her dizzy when she stands up though. Then the cardiologist said she can't see her again and will have to see a different cardiologist because come May 1st, they will no longer be accepting her insurance. So now she has to wait to get ANOTHER referral for a different cardiologist. And she is still waiting for a referral for Pain Management and the Pulmonologist. But at least we got a little good news. 

My therapist increased both my anxiety meds, antidepressants and anti-psychotics since the hallucinations have been so bad lately with the increased stress, so hopefully that will help. 

 

On Tuesday there were 2 police cars parked behind the ambulance in that driveway, plus the police truck driving up to the scene on the street. People standing around near me told me that a woman stabbed her boyfriend in the arm and he called 911. She had already been arrested and taken to jail when I got out there. I did see him get in the ambulance. His arm was all bandaged up as he got in the ambulance.

The police truck parked in front of the apartment complex a moment later. 

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Our apartment manager has talked to the people in this RV twice that I've seen. The maintenance guys have told them to keep their trash off the property, and they keep piling up more and then yelling at anyone who asks them to move it. I've seen police talking to them at least once. I'm surprised that the police haven't told them to move. It looked like they stole a couple of cribs from somewhere and broke them apart and the wood was just sitting out there. They had a bbq going late one night when I walked the dog. I think they used the wood from the crib for that. There's also a chair/seat on wheels against the wall. The old guy in the RV sits there late at night making noise. If I lived in those apartments, I would be calling the police. All the homeless people have been going to and from this RV. My bet is they are probably selling drugs out of the RV. 

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At the end of my street on Thursday, I saw the police in front of this apartment complex. Straight behind the cop car is the entrance to the alley for that complex and I saw at least one fire engine and an ambulance back there. 3 more police cars drove down that street but didn't stop out front, I don't know if they went in the alley or not, but I would bet money they did. Who knows what happened. 

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Back in 2022 in this post I told you about the old couple who would sit outside all morning in their truck and gossip and talk to everyone in the neighborhood. They have been here a few years longer than me, about 30 years in total. So I've known them a long time. 2 years ago Dorothy, the wife had a stroke and was in the hospital and then rehab for over a year. She came home and her husband, Donny needed to have a hip replacement. They have no other family so they asked Sean, a homeless man who had been friends with them for years if he would move in with them and help take care of both of them. He said yes and has been there for about 2 years. Other homeless people come and go and help out over there as well.

Well last month the husband, Donny passed away in his sleep next to his wife. Dorothy is in bad health and when I saw the fire department and ambulance across the street, I worried something had happened to her. I talked to Sean and he said she was having a hard time breathing and the port in her arm for her dialysis had been pulled out somehow when she was moving around in bed and so she went to the ER. She waved at me when she saw me outside. Sean said she's doing alright and should be home soon after they surgically put in a new port for her dialysis. Her health is just not good. She and her husband Donny are both in their 80's. 

I feel bad for Sean because if Dorothy does pass on, he'll be out on the street again. He's been helping her and her husband taking care of them, driving their truck and taking them to and from doctors appointments ect. 

So I hope she's alright and can come home soon and will be around for a while. 

The high this week was 82F/27C

The low this week was 55F/12C

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.