Mum's just come out of an induced coma in hospital. The nurse in charge said she'd still be very drowsy but that I'd be welcome to visit today so I'm going in a few hours with a big bunch of flowers even though I can hardly afford it, it's worth it.
Only a few days ago she was here at my house sitting at my kitchen table chatting with me, getting drunk with me, and laughing at the budgie.
We offered her the guest bed so she wouldn't have to travel home but she didn't want to.
Several times both me and Jake tried to suggest that she have a bit of a lie down before she went but she insisted. I was tipsy too so Jake happily agreed to accompany mom up the road to the station. Jake says he got concerned and offered at various times to take her by the arm or have her take his, but towards the end she was shaking off the suggestions almost angrily. Stubborn as a mule my mom can be at times.
When it happened it sounded like a rip[e watermelon hitting concrete, Jake reckons. He didn't see it because he'd gone ahead onto the road crossing to slow down any cars that might be coming because mom can't walk very fast since her leg operations last year. There were others who did and they say she just fell straight backwards, like she suddenly lost consciousness. When he ran back to her Jake thought she was dead at first. Luckily she came to, but was dazed and didn't quite know where she was. Jake called me to let me know whilst waiting for the ambulance to pick her up. He said that she had a cut on the back of her head where she'd hit the concrete full force.
I informed Dad, and the next he phoned to say that she's had to have an operation to open her head to release the blood that was building up pressure inside her skull. She was now lying in ICU in an induced coma. Dad had come all the way out from the city (a trip of one and half hours at best) and been there most of the night. And she thinks he doesn't care.
Now I'm talking I'm really prattling on, eh? I don't know, I feel partly responsible.
Anyway, I'll get back to you soon just got to get through this.
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