031 Insist on guarding
At noon, my mother brought lunch. While my mother was watching my father, I hurried to lunch. Then, he came to his father's bedside again.
"I've worked hard for you these past few days, go and rest for a while, I'm here." My mother said to me with some distress.
"Mom, I'm fine, is my brother-in-law here tonight?" I asked with a hard fight.
"No, he's going to school tomorrow, I'll come tonight." The mother replied.
"Well, you should go back and rest. You're busy at night. "I know that my mother has a habit of taking a lunch break, so I didn't hesitate to say it.
Seeing that my mother was a little hesitant and didn't wait for her to speak, I continued: "I didn't have anything to do last night, I slept well!" After speaking, he deliberately put on a look of being in good spirits.
"Okay, then I'll go outside and find a place to lie down for a while, and call me directly if there's anything." After thinking about it, my mother felt that it seemed a little inappropriate to go directly to my sister's house to take a nap, so she found this compromise solution.
"Okay, go to sleep. Generally nothing will happen. While urging my mother to rest, I also relieved her heart. lest the mother be unable to sleep peacefully because she is worried.
Mother didn't say anything more, nodded, and went straight to the corridor to find an empty extra bed to rest.
With experience, I know that my father will be in the middle of an infusion all day today. Not only did I have to keep an eye on the infusion bottles, but I also had to keep an eye on my father's complexion. Because, I'm afraid that something unexpected will happen. I know that only by being vigilant at all times can we detect problems in the first place and avoid tragedies. It was because of the high level of mental tension that I was able to miraculously maintain my energetic outlook at noon even though I didn't have much sleep last night.
By noon, most of the doctors and nurses were already off work, and only a few were on duty at the nurses' station. Therefore, the fluid change is not as timely as in the morning. I remember two times, I rang the bell and waited for several minutes without a nurse coming. In desperation, I had to turn off the switch on the infusion tube.
"Why is it so late this time?" I asked half-jokingly.
"Excuse me!" The nurse apologized a little embarrassed and explained, "No way, I'm here alone right now, and there happen to be lights in several wards just now (after the ward presses the prompt button, the indicator light on the corresponding bed number of the nurse's station will be lit up, and music will also play as a reminder) at the same time." No, I'll have to rush to the other wards after the change! ”
"Oh, understood, fully understood!" I smiled and said, "Walk slowly (the nurse has already changed the infusion bottle with my father while she is talking), but you can't fall." ”
Hearing my words, the mother of the young man on the bed in the south hurriedly said: "Don't be in a hurry to leave, our family will also be replaced, now that you are so busy, it is better to help our family change first, so as to save you from running back and forth." ”
"I'm sorry, I didn't bring your (infusion bottles), and after the other two were replaced, I came over immediately. Don't worry, depending on the situation, your house will have a few minutes to change! With that, the nurse hurried away. It seems that being on duty at noon is not an easy job.
Before two o'clock in the afternoon, my mother walked into the ward.
"Mom, it's okay now, why don't you sleep more?" I asked, puzzled.
"Sleep more? It's so noisy outside, how can you sleep? The mother replied helplessly.
I know that arguing is one thing, but in fact, the other is worrying about my father. If the father's condition is basically stable, then even if it is noisy, it is estimated that the mother will be able to fall asleep.
Looking at each other and smiling bitterly, my mother and I didn't say anything more, just sat quietly next to us. With the company of his relatives, although his body was still in pain, his father still fell asleep in a daze. After coming out of the intensive care unit, this was the first time my father slept in the real sense of the word (before, at most, he closed his eyes and rested). Looking at my sleeping father, I smiled and laughed happily. Because I know that sleep can not only alleviate pain infinitely, but also nourish the mind. For such a long time, although I didn't hear my father snort, I knew that my father was actually in unbearable pain. If it weren't for the perseverance that ordinary people can't reach, my father would definitely be like the young man's father who hummed and chirped from time to time. Now, my father has finally fallen asleep, and finally got rid of the pain that came from all over his body for a while, do you think I can not be happy? In addition, sleeping can nourish the mind, and with a good spirit, the father can better recover his body.
Although my father was asleep, I did not slack off. I know that it is precisely because my father is asleep that he is not able to "report" his physical condition at any time as he is when he is awake. Now, everything can only be known by careful observation. It can be said that my father falling asleep is of great benefit to himself, but it makes it more difficult for me to take care of him.
Of course, not all the people in the ward were as nervous as I was. For example, the old lady in the hospital bed in the north side of the hospital bed only had a leg injury, which was not life-threatening. As a result, nurses, doctors, and family members don't pay much attention to it. The nurse usually doesn't come to give her an infusion until nearly 10 o'clock, and normally only two or three bottles, and it won't take more than three hours at most. Therefore, the old lady's son, that is, the middle-aged man, usually guards the old lady only when the infusion is infusion. Even when I was guarding, I was never as cautious as I was. The rest of the time, he's either chatting with people or watching TV or newspapers.
My father fell asleep to the sound of the TV. It was still daytime, so I naturally didn't want to ask people not to watch TV. My main focus was on my father. It's a heartwarming sound ringing in my ears, and if I were normal, I wouldn't be able to help but watch my favorite TV show. But now, I can only use all I can to force the seductive sound out of my ears. At that time, I was sitting at the end of the bed, with my back to the TV and facing my father. I didn't turn my head around and glanced at the TV. Because, I was afraid that I would be distracted by the TV show. I will never allow myself to make even the slightest mistake.
The mother was illiterate and had not spent much time in the hospital, so she lacked some basic knowledge and had little experience in caring for patients. In the mother's opinion, now that the father has come out of the intensive care unit, the most dangerous period has passed. My mother sat at the head of the bed and saw that my father was asleep, so she only occasionally looked at the infusion bottle, and the rest of the time she was either chatting or watching TV.