Another day on the car and two jobs of interest, one life potentially saved, and one unfortunately not...
The first was a lovely lady, who was having an allergic reaction to a wasp sting (at this time of year!). Not being very well when I got there this was soon reversed with the use of some drugs (adrenalin) and off to hospital for a check over...
Secondly was an unfortunate elderly lady who today died at home - RIP.
She had long standing medical problems, and so it was not a complete surprise to her family. However, the sad part of it was her son, who had obviously been looking after her for some time. Today however he had left mum alone for a short while and came back to find her.
He was beating himself up because he wasn't there when mum died, despite being there 24/7 for the past few weeks. I tried to comfort him, but it's one of those situations that whatever you say it's not going to help.... Bit of a sad job... Felt sorry for him that he felt he’d failed his mum by not being there at the end.
Being a little philosophical about this sort of thing I do tend to think it is just the way of the world; the only certainty in life being death! Still doesn’t help one’s personal experiences of such things… Maybe one day I’ll share them, but not for now…
Perhaps happier events tomorrow!
On a more positive note - drivers were using their mirrors today.
It’s funny I seem to have days where everyone see’s me coming and moves out the way – the cars move each side like the sea parting and you can sail down the middle of the road without any problems.
People stop on roundabouts to block the traffic for you, nobody stops by a traffic island and people generally move out of the way for you!
Other days are not so good – nobody gets out of your way, people stop next to traffic islands, people think it’s a good idea to just stop in the middle of the road and the list goes on!
But I shall not moan about the great British public today – Thank you for getting out of my way! Why do I say thank you, well because the 2 jobs today needed me there as quickly as possible and so it makes the difference.
