Rowdy #2 Hospital trauma

    Darlin' Daughter had COVID  and was quarantined to her bedroom upstairs. Darlin' Son-in-Law kindly decided to let us face chat. SIL and the boys are in the living room, 

   SIL said, “we should buy new pillows every year for the bed, drool is a breeding ground for all kinds of undesirables, Hey B show your mom your pillow.”

  I expected her to show me a bed pillow, she pulls up this travel pillow wraps it around her neck... like a huge thick neck brace. I said the first thing popped into my mind. “Doesn’t that kind of hinder the romance department?” 

The look on SIL face as his eyes were darting back and forth he wanted so bad to say something.

  SIL said, “ So many things raced through my mind, all of them inappropriate.”

  “Hey Rowdy #2, show Mema your leg”

   Quick exit to the left there SIL... lol

   Rowdy #2 showed me the long gash on his leg... 

   “What the What?” Is all I could say, it looked so bad!!

   “I had surgery on my leg.”

   “Yeah, Michael refused to go to school, good thing he was with me.” SIL said, "He helped me navigate the maze of hallways in the hospital. They put a wrist band on me and matching one on Zak, They didn’t want me sneaking home with  a better kid than the one I brought in

. (No kid is better than my grandsons!)

  Rowdy #2 went on to describe his life scarring hospital experience and we’re not talking about the one on his leg.

  “Mema! The nurse told me to strip down naked in front of her! I asked if she could turn around, she said, Aww honey, I’ve seen it all.”

 " I told her NOT MINE! So I turned around and stripped down but I kept my underwear on. They told me I would have a nurse helper with me when I woke up. I woke up, I was alone, and I was so cold, I looked and my underwear was GONE!!"

   “My poor little Zak, woke up naked and afraid.”

  “Yeah, he had to let dad and brother help him get dressed.”

  “I didn’t care, dad, I just wanted out of there!”

   They got him home, and forgot to stay on top of his pain meds. By the time they remembered, he was in so much pain, 

  Darlin' Daughter said, “Mom, it was so bad, I told him just take any drugs you want.”

   “You made it sound like street drugs were an option!” I had to laugh as I know better.

  “I meant, any pain meds that would ease the pain like Tylenol or what the doctor prescribed." Darlin' Daughter quickly let me know.

   It wasn’t funny, the entire experience, but I was laughing until I had tears.