I think the most annoying place in my life is the hospital, bar none.
He is like a big bloody mouth, swallowing up my relatives inside.
On a rare weekend morning, at a little after six o'clock, I received a call from my father saying that my grandma had fallen and was in a coma and could not speak. The ambulance was already on the way to the hospital. I got up immediately with a fit, picked up my bag and hurried to the hospital. Fortunately, I brought my credit card. When my parents got up early to go swimming, they heard that grandma had fallen. They were caught off guard and went directly to the hospital with the ambulance.
In the emergency room, I saw my parents were there, my mother was holding my grandma’s legs, and my grandma was lying there with two tracheas stuck in her nose, and she was making “uh-uh” sounds from time to time. sound. The two nurses were clapping their hands to find the intravenous tube. When my father saw me, he gave me a list and asked me to pay, and then I got various inspection orders and the hanging salt water.
I just got the medicine back, and the saline solution had already been hung up. My mother held my grandma’s hand, and my father gave me the order from the doctor and asked me to go to the CT to get the order for the film. Fortunately, I had been to the hospital before, got the order successfully, and rang the bell to wake up the sleeping doctor. Pushing the hospital's wheeled cart bumped along the cracked slope, and my heart began to tremble a little. Only then did I realize the eagerness of the patient's family members on TV.
Grandma, who was being moved around by her parents, was receiving radiation in the CT room together. I watched the door slowly close at the door, with eyes filled with tears. Especially when I think of the blood on the corner of grandma's mouth, it is so dazzling.
I went back to the emergency room without complaining about the poor facilities of the hospital. I held grandma's hand and felt her cool skin, which made my heart feel cold.
When I returned home, the doctor also changed shifts and ordered a CT re-examination again. I felt numb after experiencing it once.
Then I received the task of opening a bed in the inpatient department. I could only ignore the dazzling sunshine again and ran to the inpatient department quickly, only to find that no one was working at the payment desk here. I waited for another ten minutes. A staff member with a very bad attitude handled a prepayment of 2,000.
When I returned to the emergency room, I found that my father had gone to the barber to shave off my grandma’s hair. The barber near the hospital happened to be away, so I looked for several people outside before hiring one with limited legs and feet. Barbers, because most don't want to come.
Before I could make fun of her bald head, I saw huge bumps on both sides and the back of my grandma’s head, with faint traces of blood oozing out. But seeing grandma unconsciously patting her head with her hands, there seemed to be hope.
The doctor asked her to let go of the restraints, hold her chest and shake her. Grandma's right hand and legs were still moving wildly, and she made a sound of "um, um" in her mouth. It was said that her brain was broken and there was a lot of congestion. , the right side of the brain is more serious, so it needs to be re-examined. If it deteriorates quickly, two surgeries are required, first on the right side of the brain, and then on the left side.
By the time I picked up the order, paid the fee, and picked up the film again, grandma had been sent to the operating room upstairs in the inpatient department. Next door to the operating room was the ICU ward. At 9 o'clock sharp, it was said that a brain surgeon from the city was invited to perform the operation and was already under anesthesia. I thought the operation would take a long time, so I went home with my mother to sort out my things and prepare for hospital care.
When I came back, I saw my father with tears in his eyes, choked with sobs and unable to speak. The doctor said that the situation was very bad. After the operation, the blood pressure dropped rapidly. 1/3 of the blood in the whole body was replaced and it still could not stop. He should contact other brothers and sisters as soon as possible to come back. I never thought that people are so fragile. Picking a loofah would have such serious consequences, even if it falls, it will not work. Uncles, aunts and uncles scattered in various places also rushed back.
The aunt next to me had just handled a funeral at home a few days ago and reminded us that we can prepare for the funeral. We had never experienced anything like this before, so we were completely unprepared and didn’t know the customs. As if grasping a life-saving straw, the aunt told us that we had to wear long sleeves to change into a shroud: five pieces of clothes, three pairs of pants, burning silver, etc. We were dumbfounded and went to a shroud shop in front of the hospital to get one-stop service: clothes, brands, bowls, lanterns, baskets, etc.
After shopping, my aunt and uncle have arrived. At 12:26, ??my breathing stopped and I was really helpless.
My mother murmured, "She just left and didn't care about us anymore." The aunt said, "Ah, mother, my mother is gone." Tears, I couldn't hold back the tears that burst out. After my mother and aunt changed grandma's shroud, I went to pay the fee again. When I came back, I saw them burning money downstairs, wearing sackcloth and mourning, and their cries were sad and moving.
It would take three or four hours for the uncle’s family of four to arrive. The hospital would not allow them to park, so they had to be sent to the funeral parlor to be frozen first. On the way to the funeral home, my second aunt called to ask about the procedures. I told her that the person was gone. Her tone changed instantly, and her choked voice made her guilt that she was far away in Guangdong and unable to come back quickly become more obvious. Fortunately, I My cousin arrived in time in the city and stayed with us.
After sending grandma off, the overcast sky started to thunder loudly, boom, boom, boom. I once thought that this kind of sadness could only be enhanced by the heavy rain on TV, but in fact, it really suited the occasion. God was crying, and the big raindrops fell on the car window, just like the painful and dry eyes that couldn't fall. tears.
Only then did I deeply understand the true meaning of the phrase "parents are not far away". I can’t imagine that if my parents were not at home, my grandma would have rushed to the emergency room and no one would care about her. If no one paid the fee, the operation would not have been performed. Fortunately, there were no ifs. It was around 5 o'clock when I found out that grandma had fallen. It was not until 3 o'clock in the afternoon that my father felt hungry and asked me for something to eat. Although they bought breakfast, no one had the appetite to eat. It makes me sad to think that people who used to be very hungry if they ate even slightly later than usual did not have a bite of food or a sip of water for ten hours today from morning to afternoon. Feeling sorry for him.
Ten hours seemed like half a century. We have tried our best and did not give up treatment until the last moment. We can only do our best and accept fate. Everyone returned to their hometown, packed up the straw mats and clothes on grandma's bed, and waited silently for the four uncles to arrive home. They were afraid that something might happen to them if they were in a hurry on the way, so they were not told and only asked to meet at their hometown.
Back in the village, the news that grandma died after falling while picking loofahs was already known to everyone, and people seemed to be talking about it wherever she went. Many uncles and aunties from the village came to visit one after another and offered help. Whether they were sincerely lamenting or just watching the fun, I was very grateful for their concern.
I went to buy some white yarn to use. When I came back, my uncle and the others also arrived and saw everyone crying together. Is this home still the same home? Looking back, that person will no longer respond.
Seeing the raging fire engulfing my grandma’s clothes, turning them black, and then disappearing, my relatives hugged me and cried. I hugged my mother. Fortunately, you are still there. I also want to tell my father that now that you have another mother, you should be nicer to your grandma.
Neighbors all say that grandma is straight-tempered and impatient, but very popular and hard-working. She carries a toilet and goes to plant vegetables after five o'clock every morning, and she says hello every time she passes by.
In my impression, my grandma also had a medicine jar in front of her, and she was always taking various medicines. When I was a child, I went to the mountains with her to pick something. She fell down from the field and was out of control. , I also feel very strange why such a big person can't control his body. When I was a child, there was another summer vacation when I was using a bamboo pole to chase ducks in the pond in front of my grandma's house. I fell in. I thought I was going to confess here, but she fished me out and washed the mud out of the pond for me. Every time she would dry out a lot of potato slices and fry them for me to eat. Knowing that I like to eat dried noodles and potatoes, she specially cooked them for me.
Actually, because my grandma can’t hear, she talks very loudly and likes to talk. Sometimes I get annoyed with her, but I think about how she gave away many kinds of corn, bitter melon and the like a few days ago. They came to us, and the house was full of pumpkins, which we would never eat again. When we returned home during the Chinese New Year, no one greeted us anymore, which made us feel sad. I miss my grandma’s potato slices with dry roasted noodles and crispy potatoes. I miss the taste of grandma.
This article is written in memory of my dear grandmother, who passed away at the age of 75.
PS:
I can’t imagine facing the dual pressure of mental and financial pressure. It is recommended that all elderly people buy accident insurance, which only costs 200 yuan a year, so that they will not be too embarrassed even if something happens. It is recommended to open a credit card so that you can use it urgently when you really have no money.
I also really want to complain about the hospital’s payment system. At that time, my dad mainly listened to the doctor’s advice. My mom was paying the bills and I was responsible for running errands. What should I do if there was only one family member around? ?