I always hear ppl say that looking after a sick person is not very easy. and i totally agree. Seeing my professor post statuses and pictures about him taking care of his mother makes me think of mine too.
My mum has been always a hot-tempered person. Easily flaring up and raising her voice once she sees somethings not up to her liking. and she can grumble about the same issue (however minor it may be) for the whole day.
but i think we have always taken her for granted. tt when shes recovered, shes will be okay. sometimes i wanted to help with housework, but the way she 'supervises' puts me off.
and whens she's sick, shes now even more frustrated that she cant do things her way herself.
my father has been taking leave to help take care of her. and shes like 'commanding' him to do everything, from helping her around to doing the housework. and shes screams sometimes, albeit in a weakened but nonetheless frustrating and irritated tone.. I will then try to say something, and then she will accuse me of siding with him. =/
Lately, not sure ifs its because of the chemo, or because of the booster injections, she has been vomiting alot. seeing her vomit makes me (and im sure of my father) very helpless too. but tt hasnt lessen her ability to direct us around the house.
just this morning, when i was in school facing the weird questions from my term test, i heard from my father that she and my brother had a quarrel. sighz. My brother is also one with short-temper(taking after her) and hence the quarrels around the house are mostly between both of them, although sometimes its between my parents too. Last year, before the second relapse of my mother, there was a cold war between her and my father too. D=
I do not like to be in the house when a quarrel of shouting and throwing things happens, because (out of human nature)i will never fail to try to "add words" to stop the fight but sometimes making it worse.
I also get my fair share of screams. but it seems tt for me, it never last beyond the night or two. Guess that I, being the younger one, is more doted on? But i certainly take after my father of taking things in our stride and forgetting easily. "算了吧“
Many many thanks to the very kind boss of my father who has allowed him to take (unpaid) leave so often. and the nurses who have been taking care of her in her short stay in hosipital.
That said, she still have some more doses of chemo to go, once every 2 weeks, and each time a short stay at the hospital. guess i have my holidays plan laid out for me already.
Exams are coming. Ding ding.
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