RSS FeedIt has been two weeks since that terrible accident. My mother fell from her chair while cleaning the tiles in the kitchen. Unfortunately, nobody was home. Persuading her to go to a hospital was not easy. By the time, an ambulance came, it was 12 midnight. The diagnosis ended around 3.30 am. Finally, she was admitted to the ward at 4.30am, with a fractured bone in her spine and a remark “骨头贬掉” from the doctor. I never thought bone can “贬掉”, like the way bread “贬掉”. It took us quite sometime to figure that out, with the help of a nurse from China, “骨头贬掉” means the bone narrowed. Mother was discharged on the eve of Chinese New Year with a metal frame on her body, a walking frame, and lots of medications. As she could hardly walk, climbing a storey of stairs would be impossible, an ambulance was engaged.
Life is not easy. But, thank God, it is not as bad as I imagined. Although, there is lots of housework, my father and brother are very helpful; my mother's friend helps us go to the market whenever our refrigerator is empty; my ex-student offered to lend us a wheelchair; another friend offered to lend us her maid. Best of all, my mother has shown great improvement too. Even though the pain is still unbearable, she could walk slowly without the walking frame and climb half a storey of stairs. If my brother could move back, life would be perfect.
Life is not easy. But, thank God, it is not as bad as I imagined. Although, there is lots of housework, my father and brother are very helpful; my mother's friend helps us go to the market whenever our refrigerator is empty; my ex-student offered to lend us a wheelchair; another friend offered to lend us her maid. Best of all, my mother has shown great improvement too. Even though the pain is still unbearable, she could walk slowly without the walking frame and climb half a storey of stairs. If my brother could move back, life would be perfect.
