remaining calm

Allright, what can I say, I am a people pleaser, so I am going to give the NaBullShit "Voices" thing a test run here. No promises this month, I am not rewriting any posts if I forget about the "voices". Which, really, don't we medicate people who hear "voices"? It just seems so cruel or something to mock the psychologically challenged.

Here goes:

The phone rang at 7:40 this morning.

me: Hello?

voice: Hi, clickmom, it's Ding-Dong, the nurse from the OFH. Grandma's okay, but she did fall. Her pinky finger is bruised, it is swollen and purple, so we are going to have an x-ray taken but other than that she seems fine. We checked on her at 6:20 and she was on the floor and the private aide was not in the room.

me: (fighting back the tears of fear, frustration and grief) She's okay?

voice: (reassuringly) She is okay.

me: (trying to breath) and you are going to take a hand x-ray....

voice: And the doctor will be here later today and she will see her and check her out.

me: ..... and she's okay?

voice: She is okay.

me: I'll be there later today too.

voice: Okay, we just wanted to let you know.

me: thanks.

voice: See you later.

They didn't notice this right away, but did x-ray it along with the finger. Results tomorrow-

And the private duty night nurse, well, she was in a car accident on the highway and sent to the hospital when she was on her way to grandma. We can not get a break here. No break for you!

Comments

[danelle]

Man that looks terrible but I know for a fact that minor injuries in the elderly can look really bad and bruise like the dickens. I gotta tell you tho that first picture of gramma scared me.

[Candy]

My mother in law used to bruise like that just if the wind blew the wrong way. I'm sure it'll be ok...take a deep breath.