Saturday, July 29, 2006
Bad Accidents
Finally got home to put on the finishing touches on the blog.. -glares at noodle- If you still can't see then I really need to hire DeBuG to do it for me liao haha. Its terrible when things occur when you least expect it. My mum received a call from my grandmother around 1pm yesterday, telling her to go help my grandfather as the glass table in their house broke. I wanted to tag along as well, but then I'll be late for the NYAA interview.
When my mum arrived, she was surprised to see a crowd at the void deck of the apartment block. Pushing her way through the crowd, she saw my grandfather sitting there as though he is in a daze. Blood streamed freely from the crown of his head and there were shards of glass sticking out of his skin on his back as well as his chest. Needless to say, my mum was shocked. She ran upstairs to grab his identification card and some personal belongings. When she opened the door, she was greeted by the gruesome sight of glass and blood. Apparently, my grandfather's neighbour heard the crash and came rushing to his aid. They took him to the clinic downstairs but somehow, instead of calling the ambulance, they waited for my mum to fetch him.
They hustled off to the A&E in my dad's car and the medical team on standby attended to his wounds, the most severe of which was on the side of his head and another on the back of his head. It turned out that my grandfather suddenly felt giddy and fell backwards onto the glass table in his living room. Further tests diagnosed that my grandfather had diabetes, which probably was the cause of the sudden dizziness. I rushed down to the hospital as soon as I heard the news and was relieved to see that it wasn't too serious. He was warded until this afternoon as the doctor wanted to keep his diabetes in check. Since no one was free this afternoon, I had to handle the discharge.
Its rather worrying as my grandfather has hypertension and had a stroke before. With the added risk of diabetes, the chances of him having another stroke is 8 times higher than before. His diet suddenly became a huge concern for all those concerned and the dietrician gave me a rundown of looking after a diabetic patient.
I guess I was kinda drained after today so I was kinda inattentive when I went out with Mike later. You know, the usual staring into space when I'm talking to you kind of look. My mum went supermarket raiding after work as usual and came back with 30 dollars worth of no sugar products for my grandpa. Mike and I wandered around Great World City, then to Orchard. We visited PC Bunk, just to see what kind of people frequent that place and was vaguely surprised when we spotted a middle age dude playing in the midst of all the teens. I really really hate crowds. Sigh.
;I CREATED A SHEEP!
11:31 PM
