Tuesday 2nd of February 2021 - Daily Trials with Mother & Antibiotics.....
Well what do they say starve a fever and feed a cold? Hmm maybe that's why Mum was so hungry for KFC last time I wrote on Friday, January 21st. Yes you guessed Mum fell ill that weekend, telling me she needed to ring the Doctor on the Monday and request some anti-biotics. I replied that you cannot just ask for antibiotics and said that if Mum wasn't careful they would run out of anti-biotics, as she has had so many! However that fell on deaf ears. Mum said "Well if I hadn't had to drag myself out in the cold for the 2nd vaccination that didn't happen, I wouldn't be feeling so bad now!" I replied "Mum you hardly dragged yourself out I drove you virtually from door to door, I couldn't get much closer unless I parked in the lobby at the Health Centre! Don't you think you probably caught a chill when you spent half an hour buying two full carrier bags of shopping, in the freezing cold atmosphere of Poundland - who had to have their doors open even though the temperature was freezing - I think that might have more to do with it?!" Humph went Mum and continued "Well I wouldn't have been at Poundland if You hadn't taken me for the cancelled vaccination!!
Mum continues "Anyway when I ring up to ask for my anti-biotics I am going to complain that they did not ring me to tell me the 2nd one had obviously been cancelled." Me - "Mum I wouldn't do that, I am sure it was a mistake and the surgeries have got enough on their plates at the moment." Mum - "Well I think I should bring it to their attention as no doubt I am not the only one they let down and I really think they should know." Me - "Mum if you're feeling that poorly I will ring 111 for you and take you to the Walk In Centre." Mum - "Oh no I'm not going there, as they won't give me a prescription, they don't know what helps me and I know I NEED anti-biotics!!" I continue - "Anyway Mum in the meantime make sure you keep sitting out of bed, don't keep laying in bed or you will end up with Pneumonia, then you will end up in hospital and you certainly won't be coming home if you end up going in there!!" Mum - "Hmmm, well while we are talking if you're feeling well enough to take me there you can come round and see me." Me - "Mum what part of Stay at Home do you not understand?" (I can feel my blood pressure starting to ping!!) Mum replies "Well your sister Michelle keeps coming round!" Me - "Yes because I am not able to come and do the things shes doing at the moment like hoovering round and cleaning at the moment. Plus Michelle's part of your Bubble at the moment."
Humph says Mum "Well she never does jobs properly anyway. You know what the other day your sister said she had sorted out my Freezer, rearranging it all into different drawers so I couldn't find anything and you know what I found?" "No Mum but I am sure you will tell me!" Mum replied "a book of twelve second class stamps!!" Me - "Don't you think those were probably the stamps that you said Morrisons hadn't delivered before Christmas? If you remember you rang up and complained and they replaced them, obviously they had got stuck to one of your freezer packs that you had back then." Mum "Err well I don't know about that, I will speak to your sister as she was the one that rearranged all my packets." Me - "Well I am sure she will say she didn't put them in there." Humph goes Mum.
So Monday came and before I could ring Mum around lunchtime, Mum rings me in her most pathetic voice, "Oh dear you don't sound well Mum, are you okay?" Mum sounding a bit more like her usual self "Of course not, I'm not well, but I've rung the Doctor and they are sending me some Anti-biotics and some Sterioids (she always pronounces it like that), because the Doctor realises how ill I am! Then I told her how I got this chest infection, through them not cancelling that 2nd injection!" I leave the phone on the table while she rants on as I feel as though I will explode! As I am sure the chest infection has more than likely been brought on by her Poundland trip, which my sister Michelle also wasn't happy about when she found out and told Mum in no uncertain terms that next time she goes for her 2nd injection she certainly will not be going shopping as she is supposed to be shielding and for a very good reason!! What if she had ended up in hospital? Yes I have had it from both sides and don't wish to discuss this opportune shopping trip any more, although I keep reminding Mum about the folly of going shopping in the freezing cold!
Yes a week later and Mum is feeling better, Especially as she has spoken to a very caring receptionist at the Doctors, firstly to make sure that they still have her name down for the 2nd vaccination, which she tells me is due around March 25th. Secondly to make sure that the Doctor passed on the message the her original 2nd appointment was cancelled. I listen but shake my head as from experience I know what it's like to work as a Doctor's receptionist and despite the reassuring air they gave my Mum, I am sure they are just as exasperated as I am!
As I wonder whatever will be next, Mum rings me today to say she has bad pain in her ribs and do I think it is remnants of the chest infection? I tell her I don't know but if she is so concerned she should ring the Doctors again, after I put the phone down Gary reminds me that I told her yesterday I was suffering with severe rib pain, all part of my Long Covid issues but with Mother who knows, we shall just have to wait and see....... No doubt I will hear more tomorrow as I need to take her meter readings that Michelle forgot today and also unblock her Hoover which appears to be blocked maybe with all the Snack a Jacks she keeps dropping on the floor!!!!!
