unruly kid

two days ago at the hospital, there was a new patient in the ward. it was a super duper fat and obese teenager. when he was warded, he was put on `crib (complete rest in bed)' and `no food and drink'. this instruction was displayed on the head of his bed. when his mum arrived, and saw that instructions, she shouted out to the nurses and demanded an explanation as to why he is to be kept off food and drinks. she sounded very fierce and very unreasonable. when the nurses couldn't give an acceptable explanation, she shouted at the nurse and asked for the doctor. and she would run through all the reasons given by the doctors and gave her opinion as to whether their decision is `fair' or `not fair'. very haughty behaviour. i couldn't take it and left.

yesterday, when i visited my dad again, the mum was seated by the side of the bed playing some phone games. and the sound was echoing across the ward `tut tut... tut tut... tut tut... tieew, tieeeewwwwww....' ya,... some space craft shooting in some inter-galactica war... as for the son, he was lying with his shirt off and his blubber overflowing all over... hmmmm... ewwwwweee, and next thing i knew, the son shouted at the top of his voice `jessica!!! come!!! i want to talk to you'... dr jessica, who was walking pass some distance away, waved at him and air-whispered / mouthed that she was not able to talk to him as she needed to attend to other patients first. the mum looked up, smiled and said to the son, half shouting... `ah!!! ah!!! can you don't keep calling the doctor or not!!! they very busy one. cannot always come and talk to you'.

what happened next took the whole ward by surprise...

the son shouted back at the mum at the top of his voice - `why you bother? does it matter to you? if i want to talk to the doctor, i call! it does not involve you... so you should just shut up!!!' the mum stared at him, kept quiet and then she went back to her inter-galactic battle...

i was really beyond words...