He tried to shut his ears to the wailing of an old woman somewhere to his left – ‘No!’ she cried. ‘I don’t want to! No, no, no, no, no …’ –
That’s always happening too, even last night in hospital one bed over from me there was a poor old dear saying pretty much exactly that…
“No! No! Take me back! Take me back to where I was! Where’s my walker?! I want my walker! Take me back!”
That’s ^ exactly what she was saying, nonstop, it’s annoying, but it’s sad too & you need to have some compassion & understanding as you never know, it really could be you, she wasn’t totally aware of what she was saying/doing, she was past the point of being able to control herself or know where she was, maybe not even who she was, although….
I did joke with the nurse to not tell her or let her see, that I had a walker! lol, she might of pinched it…
Well not really, she wasn’t exactly mobile & able to make a good getaway, even I could of caught her…
Although the picture of her shuffling down the corridor with my walker giving backwards glances to see if I was catching up & me sleep deprived, totally anemic, dragging my blood IV stand, with the blood pressure cuff dangling off one arm & my walking stick in the other, hell bent on getting my walker back, while patients & staff stood back, mouths gaping & placing bets…
I’d be guessing it would have been a highlight of the day, maybe even the week!
