it's the third day of lny and i thought it's gonna unfold well. but it didn't.
walked mum down to wait for the rehab vehicle and went to work as usual. and along the way, i decided to take things slow by heading for breakfast first. then i got a call from the rehab center staff. he told me mum had asked the vehicle (that came to fetch her) to leave without her and that she would be heading to see the doctor. hmmmmm... i sensed trouble. called mum on her phone... no answer. called again. no answer. called the third time and finally she picked up the phone. she had apparently made her own way to marine parade to see our family doctor. and she was helpless when she found the clinic closed. told her to wait for me while i head to pick her up.
when i saw her, i noticed a few bruises on her face and her chin was all bloodied. she told me she fell when she walked out of the condo to take a cab. asked what she wanted to do given that the clinic was closed and she said she wanted to head to the hospital. asked her why and she said she was breathless... and that was what i did, golden opportunity.
you see, she's been getting breathless on and off these days and over the last 2 days, she kept insisting on going to the temple, doing the cooking, washing the laundry etc. all these despite telling her she needed to rest as she's breathless.
as for her breathlessness, even as the hospital had explained that her problem is a long term issue due to old age and that they have given her tons of respiratory medication, she's still convinced the family clinic doctor would be her cure all whenever she feels breathless. it's not important that she had seen him many times with no improvement. it's not important that her condition improve whenever i administer the hospital-issued medication, she insisted on seeing the family doctor. i have suggested for her to head to the hospital where all her records are, she has resisted all suggestions to go to the hospital all these while. so, with her own suggestion to head to the hospital, i thought it is best to quickly sent her.
these days, everything i do, i need to ask her first. whatever she wants, i just do. she's just too stubborn (and it's getting worst) these days.
well, that was how i started my morning.
walked mum down to wait for the rehab vehicle and went to work as usual. and along the way, i decided to take things slow by heading for breakfast first. then i got a call from the rehab center staff. he told me mum had asked the vehicle (that came to fetch her) to leave without her and that she would be heading to see the doctor. hmmmmm... i sensed trouble. called mum on her phone... no answer. called again. no answer. called the third time and finally she picked up the phone. she had apparently made her own way to marine parade to see our family doctor. and she was helpless when she found the clinic closed. told her to wait for me while i head to pick her up.
when i saw her, i noticed a few bruises on her face and her chin was all bloodied. she told me she fell when she walked out of the condo to take a cab. asked what she wanted to do given that the clinic was closed and she said she wanted to head to the hospital. asked her why and she said she was breathless... and that was what i did, golden opportunity.
you see, she's been getting breathless on and off these days and over the last 2 days, she kept insisting on going to the temple, doing the cooking, washing the laundry etc. all these despite telling her she needed to rest as she's breathless.
as for her breathlessness, even as the hospital had explained that her problem is a long term issue due to old age and that they have given her tons of respiratory medication, she's still convinced the family clinic doctor would be her cure all whenever she feels breathless. it's not important that she had seen him many times with no improvement. it's not important that her condition improve whenever i administer the hospital-issued medication, she insisted on seeing the family doctor. i have suggested for her to head to the hospital where all her records are, she has resisted all suggestions to go to the hospital all these while. so, with her own suggestion to head to the hospital, i thought it is best to quickly sent her.
these days, everything i do, i need to ask her first. whatever she wants, i just do. she's just too stubborn (and it's getting worst) these days.
well, that was how i started my morning.
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