Horrible Story...lady used her dog as excuse to leave her mom in the emergency room

[Debbie and Thomas]

Yesterday my sister had to take her son to Emergency at the local hospital as he hurt his hand and it was badly swollen.  While waiting..a woman came in with her mother who was elderley and was in a wheel chair.  Lori(my sister) had to move a bit to make room for the wheelchair but the woman pushing it kept staring at Lori...so Lori asked her"is everything alright"?  The woman looked panicked and told Lori that she was parked illegally and that her dog was in the car.  She asked Lori if she would watch her mother for 20 min. while she drove the dog home and came back.  She said her mother could understand everything...she just could not speak.  Reluctantly..my sister agreed and the woman kissed her mother and said "Good bye mom...I love you"  She left.  Ater two hours...she was not back and my sister then realized she had no intention of coming back.  The nurses in the ER took over and called in social services to handle things.  They told Lori that it happens all the time...Lori drove home with her son(his arm in a cast) in tears. 

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

It is sad, but even worse when it's a child. I feel bad just leaving my doodles at the vet;s alone for a few hours!

[Mary, Scrappy, Sully and Olive]

how horrible. Some people forget that one day they, too, will be elderly. I've seen many sad things since my Mom has gotten older....she's 87. It's really an eye opener.
I fell bad just leaving my doodles HOME alone, lol!............... never mind at the vet for any amount of time.

[Kyoko]

Terrible....... You know it is crime to abuse and neglect elderly person, just as it is crime to abuse and neglect a child.....
We all get old one day. When this woman gets old, I bet her kid will leave her in ER with stranger, too!!!

[Susan and Sasha]

This just brings tears to my eyes!!
I cannot imagine doing that to Anyone...let alone my Mother!!
My Mom passed away this past year...and...I would give anything...to have her with me again...
So Sad...So Very Sad...

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

This actually happened in my family. My Uncle's children moved him away to live with them. He had Alzheimer's and my mom was in charge of his finances. His son talked him into removing my mom from his documents and putting him on instead and cutting all ties to the rest of our family. He and his sister and sister's husband sold all of their father's things, used up his money, accepted his pension checks, and when he got 'difficult' they took him to a veteran's hospital and left him at the door. My mother and her siblings didn't find out until after he had passed away. Isn't this just horrible? I know if I never see those cousins again, it will be too soon. How could they do this to the man who raised and loved them?

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

so sad Nancy...that was blatant abuse on your cousins part, your poor Mom.

[Adina P]

WOW. That's all I can say.

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

We were all so sad. We were all so disgusted. My mom and her other brother flew up and spoke with the hospital people where he stayed until the end and visited the veteran's cemetery so at least they got closure. But we all would have taken care of him even though at that point he would not have known us. One hates to admit that there are relatives like this in the family.

[Camilla and Darwin]

This is incredibly sad. I am shocked at how rude and condescending I have seen people be to their elderly parents. I saw a lady at Walmart a year or so ago was yelling at her elderly mother for walking slow. Her voice was so loud and mean, and the woman kept trying to hurry up, but she was very old. The lady turned around and got right in her face, insulting and yelling at her. I cried when I got home, and I have never forgotten it. I can not understand how people can be so cruel.

[shelly]

That is SO SAD! What a shame! Did she think it was alright to leave her if she left telling her she 'loved' her???? That just breaks my heart!

[Shelley and Riley]

I am an ER nurse, and sadly, this happens frequently.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Elder abuse is far more common that most of us know. It is deplorable.