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so, my sister called again last ni
Jun. 28th, 2011 01:09 pmOr, more family shenanigins.
Or, Crazy Aunt Kathy was lying like a rug.
Remember that post last week about my Male Parental Unit? The one that involved his truck, Cheney Lake, and his being life-flighted to the hospital in Wichita? Part of the story is true.
Sis did some investigating, because Crazy Aunt Kathy wasn't big on details, and the story she spun took place in a county where Sis has friends in the sheriff department. It turns out that the arresting officer is married to a good friend of Sis's, and another friend was an intern on duty in the ER when he made it there.
Here's what she found out.
1) Crazy Aunt Kathy said the accident took place the end of May, when MPU iwas on the way up for his DUI hearing in Salina. Wrong. It happened about a week before Sis got the first call.
2) No lake involved. MPU ran his truck off the road into a deep ditch, on some quiet back road in Reno County.
3) He was life-flighted to Wichita. In fact, Sis's friend in the ER says he barely survived this wreck.
4) MPU got his fresh DUI/ driving with an open container charges when the ER drew his blood, and saw that he was roaring drunk.
5) Aunt Kathy *says* that MPU is back in Texas. I suspect he's not, but she's spinning the story she wants to believe, which involves more not-his-fault accident and less blatant screw-up.
6) Sis has determined that, unlike addicts of other drugs, you can't get an alcoholic committed to treatment involuntarily, even if you're a family member. She is trying to contact his doctor at the VA in Texas, to see if strings can be pulled there. Because he's a public safety menace, and something needs to be done. If he kills himself by not dealing with his problem, fine, but suicide by bottle and truck is likely to take other people too, and she's trying to prevent that.
7) MPU pleaded not guilty and asked for a diversion (where he commits to getting treatment and not drinking) for the charges from May, and Sis says as far as she can tell, he did the same the second time. I'm hoping that two such accidents in less than 60 days will count extra against him.
I have *no clue* what Aunt Kathy thinks she's doing by lying to us like this. I don't even have the energy to be angry about it.....it's so far beyond rational behavior. And no, I don't expect rational behavior from her, haven't in a long time, but...wow. I'd love to hear how she justifies this rewriting of events, in terms of her too-often professed "more christian than thee" faith, but I'm not sure that she's ever thought critically about how she treats her brother. And maybe I should simplify that to just, I'm not sure she's ever thought critically.
Whatever. I'm watching this one from a distance, and hoping to stay out of the disaster zone.
Or, Crazy Aunt Kathy was lying like a rug.
Remember that post last week about my Male Parental Unit? The one that involved his truck, Cheney Lake, and his being life-flighted to the hospital in Wichita? Part of the story is true.
Sis did some investigating, because Crazy Aunt Kathy wasn't big on details, and the story she spun took place in a county where Sis has friends in the sheriff department. It turns out that the arresting officer is married to a good friend of Sis's, and another friend was an intern on duty in the ER when he made it there.
Here's what she found out.
1) Crazy Aunt Kathy said the accident took place the end of May, when MPU iwas on the way up for his DUI hearing in Salina. Wrong. It happened about a week before Sis got the first call.
2) No lake involved. MPU ran his truck off the road into a deep ditch, on some quiet back road in Reno County.
3) He was life-flighted to Wichita. In fact, Sis's friend in the ER says he barely survived this wreck.
4) MPU got his fresh DUI/ driving with an open container charges when the ER drew his blood, and saw that he was roaring drunk.
5) Aunt Kathy *says* that MPU is back in Texas. I suspect he's not, but she's spinning the story she wants to believe, which involves more not-his-fault accident and less blatant screw-up.
6) Sis has determined that, unlike addicts of other drugs, you can't get an alcoholic committed to treatment involuntarily, even if you're a family member. She is trying to contact his doctor at the VA in Texas, to see if strings can be pulled there. Because he's a public safety menace, and something needs to be done. If he kills himself by not dealing with his problem, fine, but suicide by bottle and truck is likely to take other people too, and she's trying to prevent that.
7) MPU pleaded not guilty and asked for a diversion (where he commits to getting treatment and not drinking) for the charges from May, and Sis says as far as she can tell, he did the same the second time. I'm hoping that two such accidents in less than 60 days will count extra against him.
I have *no clue* what Aunt Kathy thinks she's doing by lying to us like this. I don't even have the energy to be angry about it.....it's so far beyond rational behavior. And no, I don't expect rational behavior from her, haven't in a long time, but...wow. I'd love to hear how she justifies this rewriting of events, in terms of her too-often professed "more christian than thee" faith, but I'm not sure that she's ever thought critically about how she treats her brother. And maybe I should simplify that to just, I'm not sure she's ever thought critically.
Whatever. I'm watching this one from a distance, and hoping to stay out of the disaster zone.
