Sunday, 19 October 2008
Looking after a patient is no easy task.
yesterday was grandma's third day at the hospital. i'm so glad that i'm finally able to visit her. i cabbed down to NUH with daddy, grandpa and enen. grandma was awake when we arrived, but she was still rather drowsy (cos of those painkillers) and she took sometime to recognise who we were.
there's this contradiction with these painkillers. they help to 'kill' your pain, however. they make you sleep. so indirectly, they make you sleep without pain. and what can you do when you're not in pain anymore after eat those painkillers? nothing. but to sleep. can't the research on a drug that'll kill the pain and keep you awake at the same time??
nevertheless, grandma was better than she was at home. she was able to sleep painlessly and she could have much more rest - she was literally sleeping for like 80% of the time. so we actually don't get much time with her, other than the fact of watching her sleep peacefully. we grabbed the chance to talk to her and (well...) make her happy while we get the chance to do so, when she wakes up.
on the brighter side, a few really funny things happened while daddy, gujie and i were at the hospital with grandma.
1. grandma couldn't stop farting when she got out of bed to get to the toilet. uhh. she made us stay away from her as thou her fart kills.
2. grandma told gujie off, when gujie was trying to ask about the pain in her stomach. it's the first time that i hear grandma sounding so irritated (not counting those times when grandpa tries to irritate her).
3. daddy sat on the pandan cake that gujie bought. the pandan cake was later known as pandan biscuit. and guess what, this pandan 'biscuit' was later happily consumed by grandma, who apparently said that it was very nice. (gosh!)
oh, btw, grandma looked kinda cute when daddy and gujie fed her. grandma didn't have to say anything, for once she opened her mouth, the food would just go into it. hahas.
when it was time for us to leave, gujie kissed grandma twice and (obviously) grandma kissed her too. and then it was (of course!) daddy's turn. after which, grandma called for me. MY TURN. i bent down to let her kiss my cheek, but grandma kissed my hair (which was covering my cheek) instead.
to my surprise, grandma complained that it was not counted, for she kissed my hair and she insisted to 'kiss again'.
well... ain't that sweet?.. aww...
grandma hadn't slept when we left. i hated the thought of leaving her in the hospital while all of us head back home. but we had no choice. we left with a heavy heart.
i saw how guma, gujie, daddy and shushu took care of grandma. their actions lighted a few bulbs in my head.
对于父母的养育之恩, 我们这些身为子女的, 一辈子都还不完.
there're two extreme sides on how children treat or care for their parents. the first side would be those who care about their parents, the same way as how their parents cared for them when they were young. the other side would be those who can't be bothered at all.
i can't imagine those heartless people who actually don't bother to take care of their parents when they'll ill. it's 'inhumane'. sigh.
i'm going to the hospital later, probably going to stay till 10pm, like yesterday. it's a good thing, at least i can fall asleep faster at night.
grandma will never recover from this.
we can only give her all the quality time before her time's up.
and.
i'll do what i can to make her happy.
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