| | Though I shouldn't be in this mood, I think I have reason to be.
I'm having a bad holiday so far. "Why", I hear you ask? My cousin (my Mum's eldest brother's daughter) has recently moved into the local area in Bromley and is causing all kinds of grief. I'll just illustrate last night/this morning's incident.
We get called at half-past midnight from my Mum's eldest sister and brother from HK telling us our cousin is in agony with "acute abdominal pain" (medics will know what I mean by this presentation...it could be of many things). Anyway, they shouted at my Mum for not going to check on her. My Mum had been asleep since 10, and our cousin had not called us to let her know she was ill.
She's been ill since end of November, with multiple complaints. But these coincided with when she was all alone in her home (which she had reclaimed from her father's tenant with the bare minimum notice).
Anyway, we went to see her at 1 in the morning, and she had a bag packed and walked perfectly fine (ie. surprisingly okay for someone who my Aunt had said "was crying in pain that she couldn't say a thing").
We took her from her home all the way to the nearest A&E (in Orpington, a 20 minute drive away). I di the driving as Mum was too tired. There we waited until 4.30am before we were seen, and her history of pain was so appalling the Registrar handed the case over to the SHO. My Mum and I had asked her the whole story before, and she gave us an unconvincing one, and then gave an altered version the the SHO and Reg. Sigh.
She was dismissed as non-urgent and was given the usual pain meds and then told to come back if the pain didn't go away. My Mum and I got home at 6am before we went to Mass without sleep. Our cousin then called us later this morning to ask if we could take her to queue for the Harrods Sale on the 28th. Such gall!
I'm in a bad mood, and I don't hide it. My brother even felt sorry for both my Mum and I. And that's a rare thing for a non-communicative 'teen to do.
So much for a White Christmas. I think I have a "Whine" Christmas.
PS. on a better note, I opened a bottle of Chateau Bastor-Lamontagne 2001 and it was amazingly good. Beautiful white wine, straw-coloured with a strong aroma of grapefruit and lemons, very full bodied and smooth to drink. It's so sad that one of my only joys so far is alcohol. The other is TV; Mark deserved to win Strictly Come. Karen was so wonderful in all her routines with him too, and she gets so emotional. Bless.
I wish you all (again) a far more Merry Christmas than mine.
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| | Posted 12/24/2006 3:49 PM - 1 view - 0 comments
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