both mum and i had a medical review this afternoon, hers at sgh while mine at cgh. had asked my sis to help bring her given the clash in timings but she backed off last minute becos she heard my mum had flu. she didn't want to risk getting the flu bug. in the end, bee volunteered to bring mum for her medical appointment. i knew it was gonna be tricky cos she always had this suspicions about people who are not her immediate family members. she always suspect they want to harm her... and so, the mental preparations for mum started as early as yesterday. told her that bee would be bringing her and went in to details of how it would be done.
accordingly, everything was arranged such that i would go to work in the morning, and i would head back to prepare her for the medical appointment after lunch. and after that, we would leave home together, and i would head to cgh while bee would use the car and drive her to sgh. she seemed ok with all the arrangements. and this morning, as an added precaution, i gave her additional medication before leaving for work. it was to calm her down as i was worried that she might get anxious once i leave for work. i knew it was gonna be tricky as she had gotten used to the elderly rehab routine over the past 2-over months. and immediately once i drove out, she called me and asked me if i have informed the rehab center that she would not be going there, and not too long after, she called me again asking me if i had passed the appointment card to bee, and then again, she called to remind me of... yup, she called me quite a couple of times. and i could sense her anxiety. i had to assure her that i had overseen all the arrangements and would be back after lunch to ensure all the nitty gritty arrangements are done (not that there was any in the first place)...
the morning passed by uneventfully and my meeting went on without any calls from her. i came home immediately after the meeting and sensed something amissed once i entered the house. she was not in the living room. i called out to her and there was no response. walked towards her room and sure enough, she had locked herself in her own room. i knocked on the door and called out to her. she opened the door. she looked frightened and expressed her relief that i had returned. she said she had locked herself in her own room as she was very scared. she was afraid that bee would bring "people" home to harm her... really, she looked extremely frightened. petrified to be exact. her face was all pale... and she kept repeating that she felt so happy to see me. i calmed her down. i decided that i should change my appointment date and instead bring her to the hospital instead...
sighs...
accordingly, everything was arranged such that i would go to work in the morning, and i would head back to prepare her for the medical appointment after lunch. and after that, we would leave home together, and i would head to cgh while bee would use the car and drive her to sgh. she seemed ok with all the arrangements. and this morning, as an added precaution, i gave her additional medication before leaving for work. it was to calm her down as i was worried that she might get anxious once i leave for work. i knew it was gonna be tricky as she had gotten used to the elderly rehab routine over the past 2-over months. and immediately once i drove out, she called me and asked me if i have informed the rehab center that she would not be going there, and not too long after, she called me again asking me if i had passed the appointment card to bee, and then again, she called to remind me of... yup, she called me quite a couple of times. and i could sense her anxiety. i had to assure her that i had overseen all the arrangements and would be back after lunch to ensure all the nitty gritty arrangements are done (not that there was any in the first place)...
the morning passed by uneventfully and my meeting went on without any calls from her. i came home immediately after the meeting and sensed something amissed once i entered the house. she was not in the living room. i called out to her and there was no response. walked towards her room and sure enough, she had locked herself in her own room. i knocked on the door and called out to her. she opened the door. she looked frightened and expressed her relief that i had returned. she said she had locked herself in her own room as she was very scared. she was afraid that bee would bring "people" home to harm her... really, she looked extremely frightened. petrified to be exact. her face was all pale... and she kept repeating that she felt so happy to see me. i calmed her down. i decided that i should change my appointment date and instead bring her to the hospital instead...
sighs...
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