I had politely but automatically said I'd run over to check on Lena--her oxygen tank and tube were brand new--who'd said on the phone she could not breathe. I panicked as I walked in to her pre-Civil War house. Did I know how to call the rescue squad on my new, not brand new, but almost, cell? Did I know how to rouse her old husband in his man cave behind the house? Had I ever bothered to take the CPR class? Had my own mother slipped out of my clutched hands to break her hip and then gone to the nursing home for nine years?
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Jennifer Duncan
26/3/2021 04:49:30 pm
The anxiety of being responsible for others when we feel unprepared. Well described.
Sue Clayton
27/3/2021 02:25:17 am
We should all take stock of how we would react to an emergency. For example, how many of us could perform CPR? A good reminder, Susan.
Mary Wallace
28/3/2021 06:29:11 am
And the guilt if we feel our inadequacies have ket someone down. Well done. Comments are closed.
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