Mama, the QUEEN of the house

7 Nov 2006 (this is backdated)

My Mama, the QUEEN of the house, fractured her right foot last Wednesday morning (1 Nov 06) and that marked the start of a hectic period for me and my 2-week old helper, Noime a.ka. Ah Heng ( see entry on "What's in a name" ) .

So how did that happen? Mama as usual was "supervising" my helper, Noime in her housework when she felt giddy. She could not hold her balance, fell and landed on her buttocks. Poor Mama could not get up on her own subsequently. She refused to let Noime to help her up as she strongly believe that she should get up on her own - 自己跌倒自己爬. Noime had to "SOS" me from the office. My colleague, Linling kindly gave me a lift back home and thereafter sent us to the hospital. She really 帮人帮到底，送佛送到西! (i.e. helping all the way to the end).

The A&E did an X-ray on her hips and found no fracture. She was then discharged within the same day. Unfortunately, her right foot swell and turned "blue black" subsequently. She was again re-admitted after two days (i.e. Friday). The hospital staff did an X-ray on her right foot and found that there was a slight fracture. However, Mama was not informed of the fracture until 2 days later, on Monday. They then put her right leg in a cast. I was pretty concerned by the late notice as Mama had been swinging her feet occassionally over the last days. She was confined to the hospital bed and thought that she should do more exercise to quicken her recovery. Not sure, more harm had been done instead. aiyoyo!!