Monday morning just before 7:30 am I received a panicked phone call from Laurie. He had fallen and blood was gushing from his head and his son was taking him to the hospital. For those who know Laurie he doesn't panic lightly so to say I was concerned is an understatement. However being the ever practical person I am, I figured we were likely to be there for hours so I should shower before calling a taxi to take me to the hospital. This I did and called a cab and arrived at emergency about 8:00am to be met by Laurie in the waiting area covered in blood with a big bandage on his head.
Turns out he had slipped on the stairs hit his head on the brickwork and then fallen into the garden. The first fall resulted in the gash to his head. The second fall gave him two gashes on his leg and a torn shoulder. The triage nurse has stopped the flow of blood so he was feeling much better. Fast forward several hours and we are still waiting to see a doctor. Laurie keeps threatening to leave and I manage to convince him to stay.
Called in to see the Doctor about 10:15am and I have to say given the horror stories about our hospitals I didn't think that was too bad. The doctor welcomed Laurie to his new home as he said we were likely to be there about 6 hours. Why so long I hear you ask. Well if you're 75 and suffer a head trauma a CT scan is required.
While that was being organised the Doctor stitched up his head with 15 lovely stitches. The picture below is the only one I was willing to publish. He also received a tetanus shot. Fortunately we didn't have to stay for the CT scan as we convinced the staff that we would have one done privately and they were OK with that. The good news is the scan was clear.
In the midst of all this drama the Aged care coordinator arrived to interview the old man who had fallen at home. Laurie as you can imagine was none to pleased with this - he doesn't think he is old - and started to play up. I almost had to give him another head injury to make him behave.
It's easy to laugh about now but it was a traumatic day. Lisa you will be pleased to know I did have a day off work. However I'm still sick as a dog.
To the stash. In an alarming trend I have noticed if I don't sew I buy. So I better get some sewing done this week.
Fabric used this week 0
Fabric Used this year 36 1/4 yards
Fabric purchased this week 13 1/4 yards
Fabric purchased this year 204 yards
Net reduction + 167 3/4 yards
5 comments:
Poor Laurie! I hope it hasn't cramped his style any, and he's back on form. I had great delight imagining the Aged Care co-ordinator coming up against him, not what they would have expected, ha!
I was so sorry I couldn't come to Sydney in June, and we didn't get to arrange our sightseeing trip.But we'll work on it, I can think of no better guide than Laurie.
Give him a kiss from me and tell him there's more where that came from, love Mereth
Oh poor Laurie - give him a hug from me. Im sure he will love being pampered and waited on hand and foot till he recovers..... :)
Oh dear, I know it's not funny at all, but I am having a bit of a giggle at the thought of Laurie being interviewed by the Aged Care worker - he's the least likely "little old man" and I can just imagine him bristling at the very idea. Seriously though, I hope you're both taking care of each other & feel better soon.
Oh Dear! What a mess and Laurie would have been very indignant about the Aged Care worker.
I did like your practicality of having a shower before rushing to the hospital.
Love to you both Carmel
Aged Care Coordinator? Indeed! I'm with Laurie on that one. There is no way you are going to get me to believe that he is 75. 65 – Maybe, at a stretch. In his shoes I would be indignant too. Bet if we analysed events properly we would find, it wasn’t fall, he tripped, which happens to all of us.
Take care Laurie, I love the all too brief discussions we have and your passion for model aircraft. (Although, there is no such thing as a model, if it flies, it's an aircraft)
Gordon
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