When Mom is Sick ...
Posted by Robyn Lee in Family on Monday, January 11, 2010 9:00 AM
If you follow Danielle Bean on facebook and twitter (like I do), you would know that she was feeling under the weather last week. I called Danielle the other night to ask how she was feeling. As we chatted I recalled the times growing up when my mom was sick.
Everything seemed to fall apart when mom was sick. Even as a kid I recognized that things weren’t quite right without mom. “What do you mean I have to make my own dinner? I hate when mom is sick.” The house was in disarray until mom was better and back in the thick of things.
Last week we celebrated Fiona’s birthday so all the CT family was at my mom’s house for dinner. I was running a little late, but when I got there, I found out that we ordered pizza for dinner because mom’s shoulder dislocated.
There was my mom, sitting on the couch in her nightgown, with an ice pack on her shoulder, and a blanket on her lap. She (stubbornly) decided that she would wait to see the doctor in hopes that the shoulder would correct itself.
My mother is a very stoic, strong, Irish-American woman who rarely asks for help. I knew she would say no if I suggested I call a friend to come over and look at the hurt shoulder. I overlooked the asking permission part and called up my friend.
My friend is so generous and kind. She replied: “Let me just change my clothes and I’ll be right over.”
My friend came over to look at my mom’s shoulder and encourage her to go see a doctor the next day. It’s a good thing she did because it took 45 minutes for three doctors, a nurse and an aide to get the shoulder back in!
It is hard to see your parents sick or suffering. I felt completely helpless, and I am so grateful to my friend for coming over to help my mom.
If you have a minute, I would appreciate a few extra healing prayers for my mom (thank you). I’m sure she would like to get back to her regular routine because, as she puts it: “no one puts the pans in the right place ... I can never find the potato peeler after you kids do the dishes ... the mustard jar doesn’t go in the door ... ”
Mom knows best. How about your house? Do things fall apart when you need to take a sick day?
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