It takes a rare breed to live in this Far Side of life where expectations clash often with the harshest of realities. I know.
Take last night for example. It was a seemingly ordinary end to the day: the hubs and me watching WCCO 10 O’clock News in bed. But just as the ‘CCO man began telling us our weather, Andre rose quite suddenly and as he hobbled out of the bedroom I thought I heard him say, “I’m bleeding and I can’t get it to stop! I’m going to call Chris to take me to the ER now!”
I made my way up and out of bed and at that point noticed the unmistakable trail of blood on the floor out the bedroom door, through the hall, and into the bathroom where Andre was trying to stop the deep red gusher spouting from his leg with a Band-Aid. I said, “Stay here. You’re dripping blood everywhere.”
Christopher arrived speedily, and as Andre made his way to the car in a drenching rain, thunder lightening everywhere, Charlie Brown’s “dark and stormy night” setting came to life, and I started to chuckle.
It’s 11 o’clock at night. Most of my neighbors are settled in for sleep, but not me. My husband just left for the ER. I’m not sure when, or if, he’ll be back tonight, and I’m left to find the Swiffer and wet towels to mop up blood. And as the storm intensifies I’m also gathering a flashlight in the event the lights go out.
If it pours when it rains, I will be ready.
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Note: This story has a happy ending. Christopher’s wife, Ashley, is a nurse practitioner. Chris and Ashley and our little grandson live only a mile or two away. So as the boys headed toward the ER, Ashley suggested they stop at Walgreens instead and pick up the stuff she would need to fix Andre and head to their house instead. Brilliant idea! Dr. Ashley got the situation under control and in a flash, much to my surprise, the boys came home smiling. Apparently Andre scratched open a varicose vein and it exploded creating last night’s chaos, but all’s well that ends well and I’m so glad.
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Oh my! Quite a midnight adventure! Thankful Andre is okay and you’re lights-out prepared!
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Oh my goodness! Such a dramatic evening! Thank you for sharing. So glad you did the postscript with a good ending 😊.
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Yes, Sue, I’m thankful, too. Life’s quite the ride! Glad I have my Flashlight!
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Sounds like you were amazingly calm! You are stellar! So glad Andre is okay.
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