This evening I left mum in the hospital where my father died. She's having her first hip replacement in the morning. She's scared about the anaesthetic.
It seems so routine after all we've been through these last years, but it's left me wobbly.
It was strange being back there, and hard to realise quite how tense and stressful and sad these years have been. After leaving mum tonight I wonder how did I ever get used to leaving my father there?
She's on her own, scared and worried and strange surroundings. Logically, I know she'll be fine. But, but...there's always that nagging doubt.
I didn't know how worried I was, am, and I'm left surprised. I thought I'd become numb to hospitals and sickness, perhaps I had. Having a few months' break has undone that resolve.
Questions rattle round my head. What if something happens? What if these were my last words to her? What if it's not ok? I should have said...
I just need to ride it out and know that I'll relax tomorrow once I've made the lunchtime call to check all is well.
I love her and want her to be ok.
It seems so routine after all we've been through these last years, but it's left me wobbly.
It was strange being back there, and hard to realise quite how tense and stressful and sad these years have been. After leaving mum tonight I wonder how did I ever get used to leaving my father there?
She's on her own, scared and worried and strange surroundings. Logically, I know she'll be fine. But, but...there's always that nagging doubt.
I didn't know how worried I was, am, and I'm left surprised. I thought I'd become numb to hospitals and sickness, perhaps I had. Having a few months' break has undone that resolve.
Questions rattle round my head. What if something happens? What if these were my last words to her? What if it's not ok? I should have said...
I just need to ride it out and know that I'll relax tomorrow once I've made the lunchtime call to check all is well.
I love her and want her to be ok.
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