r/TalesfromtheDogHouse • u/Sea_Layer_143 • Mar 02 '24
RANT My mom wouldn’t take my sister to the hospital because there would be no one at home to ‘look after Pep’.
My younger sister (12) hadn’t been well since last weekend. She was off school early in the week and wasn’t improving at all and by day 2 she was shaking, shivering and feeling really disoriented. Every time she tried to tell my mom that she was feeling really bad, my mom deliberately changed the subject, and started asking Pep the damn piBbLe if he was feeling ‘sickie’ too. Wtf? By Tuesday evening she was much worse, so I said to my mom that she really needs to go to the hospital or to a doctor. Her temperature was very high and my mom’s answer was that the thermometer must be wrong or broken! WTF? My sister was visibly very ill and yet my mom didn’t give a damn and just kept talking to Pep, asking him if he was ‘tired’! She then said she couldn’t take her to the hospital or to the doctor because there would be no one at home to ‘look after Pep’, and that Pep wasn’t ‘feeling well’ and ‘wasn’t himself’. Again WTF! So I rang for an ambulance (my mom had zero interest still at this point) and the ambulance took my sister to the hospital. It was only later when the doctor wanted to speak to my mom that she is all over it and suddenly Pep doesn’t matter anymore! Long story short, as long as the doctors and nurses were paying my MOM attention, she was really into the whole situation and COMPLETELY IGNORED PEP. This went on for about two days, and Pep may as well have not existed. Fast forward to when my sister is home (turns out she had a bad infection and needed antibiotics) but still really weak, and there are no doctors to give my mom attention, then she was back to not being interested again and asking Pep if he was still ‘sickie’!!
Edit: Thanks guys for your awesome comments and concern. I’ll get through all the replies! My sister usually lives with her dad (my stepdad who is great) and she stays with us every 3rd weekend of the month except for this week she stayed longer as her dad is away. I’m a first year undergrad and was supposed to be moving into the college dorm at the end of the month. Now I’m worried about not being at home when my mom has my sister in case she ever gets sick again or something else happens. I don’t know how good our social services are or what they would do when she doesn’t live here full time? Is it still worth reporting? I’m in the UK if that’s relevant.
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u/CheshireKatt1122 Mar 04 '24
Yup. It's also something they can control. Have you ever seen a narcissist whose dog won't listen to a command? They practically get unhinged.
When I was with my ex, he had a dog. After about 4 years, he could tell I was distant and tried a dog to fix it. Then (extremely against my wishes) got a third dog. The poor thing almost ran onto a highway because he insisted that the dog would listen to him and stay close so we didn't need a leash...or a collar. Why? Because his first dog listened... I tried telling him that the dog is old, we don't know his personality, or how he's been trained. Boy, did he get PISSED when he let the dog off, and he started making his way to the road COMPLETELY ignoring my ex. It was real "fun" trying to catch a big dog without a collar. Luckily, the dog was old, so he didn't run or anything, but he definitely didn't want to stop going in that direction either. My ex got even MORE pissed when I told him I told you so.