As you can tell from the title, something extremely bad happened today. I was upstairs, when suddenly I heard my grandma shouting my name. She usually does when it's time for dinner or when she needs me to get something, but this time, she shouted a bit louder. Puzzled, I started to walk downstairs, then I heard her shout again. And again. I ran and by the third time, I was in the kitchen. I saw my grandma lying on the floor, next to the sink. My granddad must have heard as well, even though he has bad hearing, because he appeared from behind me, and we both tried to lift my grandma up. She must have fell and hurt her leg, because she struggled and couldn't even stand without being hurt. Her face was scrunching up, bearing the extreme pain. Even with my granddad and I supporting her from both sides, she just couldn't stand, so I got a chair and she sat back. My grandma was gasping for air and complaining that her leg really hurt. I've never been in this kinda situation before, so I was panicking loads. My mind was confused , I didn't know what to do.
My granddad suggested that we get her to lie on her bed, which is on the ground floor because my grandma broke her right leg before (the problem was with her left leg this time) and had the bone inside replaced with a titanium rod. She broke her right leg in the garage when she fell. I didn't know the full story behind that accident until today. Apparently, me and my brother were in school, my mom was taking English classes, my dad was at work and my granddad was sleeping upstairs. When my grandma fell and broke we right leg, she had to crawl through the computer room, past the toilet and into the kitchen where the phone was. My dad picked up, raced back home and called the ambulance.
The reason for her weak legs was because of an accident she had when she was in Vietnam. A car crashed into her when she was crossing the road, shattering her hip. Since that day, it has been effort for her to walk.
Anyway, I went off topic a little. My granddad suggested that we take my grandma to the bed, so we tried to help her walk. However, the pain was too great and my grandma couldn't even stand. I quickly thought of an idea. I put my grandma back on her chair, and I pushed it across the floorboards of the kitchen. My granddad pulled from the front, and together, we quickly made it to the bedroom. I slowly lifted my grandma on to her bed. She was in in agony, and her face showed it. I'd never seen my grandma in so much pain before, so I was really scared and honestly wanted to cry. But, I manned the hell up and got some Chinese medicine and rubbed it into my grandma's thigh. It had swollen a lot, so I massaged it gently using more Chinese medicine. My granddad told me to call my dad, so I did and he came home from work. My auntie took me to work instead while my dad called for the ambulance. Time at work seemed to go on forever. When it finally ended at around 11:30pm, my mom made food for my dad because he hadn't eaten since the afternoon. The drive to the hospital took ages, about half an hour. When my mom and I arrived at the car park, my dad called and said visiting times were over, and he had to come out. A few of my relatives from down south were there too.
My dad told us that after viewing my grandma through an x-ray, the doctor confirmed that my grandma had broken the bones of her left leg, a repeat of what happened to her right leg. Tomorrow, she will have an operation to place a titanium rod in her leg.
We all drove back home. When we got back, I heard my dad and granddad talking about the accident. I could hear them from downstairs and I heard my granddad noting that it was a good thing I thought of the idea to push my grandma on the chair to get her from the kitchen to her bed because it reduced the pain. I walked up and my granddad was smiling at me and patted me on the back. I was really happy because my granddad had never complimented me before.
Anyway, I hope the operation is successful tomorrow, and I hope my grandma will be okay. I hope that that isn't too much to ask.
Also, it's likely that I won't be able to go abroad this year because someone has to look after my grandma while my mom goes to work. Can't lie, I'm disappointed, but my grandma needs me.
I am writing this at 3:15am.
