Thank you x. If I got my act together and fought this agoraphobia I could call and visit some of you ?
The firemen and the cat ! It brought back such a funny memory.
When my daughter was 20, she and her boyfriend (later husband) went to a 21st birthday party in town. A friend picked them up and they went to pick up another friend. My phone rang, ‘Mum the car door was slammed and my hand was caught, come and get me I am in such pain’. I went for her, hand was badly swollen so I took her to the local cottage hospital. Into the one little emergency room, doctor called, daughter lying on bed. Doctor said ‘fingers may be broken, that ring must come off immediately ‘, nurse gets the cutter thingy, it was broken, Doctor said ‘you will have to get her to the other hospital ‘ , 20 miles away and I didn’t have enough petrol, no garages open after 9.00pm !
Casualty nurse rings maternity ward , no cutter there but up comes maternity sister, in the little room now was daughter on bed, boyfriend holding her hand, doctor, two casualty nurses and sister from maternity and me, (this is a town where everyone knows everyone) , ?, Doctor says ‘that ring has to come off, be back in a minute’. Back comes doctor ‘ a cutter on the way’ .
Shortly after there was a fire engine siren, sweeping into the hospital grounds was a fire engine, blue light flashing , lights go on through the hospital, into the room comes THREE firemen in full gear, one holding a cutter thingy followed by the sister from the male ward asking where’s the fire ? No alarms have gone off. This room was small, one bed, a desk and two chairs.
Daughter covers her face , so embarrassed, one fireman says what you want off leg or arm , my daughter , who knew him well and with a face as red as her hand said ‘ Phil for Gods sake can't you find a bloody cat to rescue’ .
Several years later when she went into labour with their first baby the Maternity sister (a friend of mine) said ‘will we need the fire brigade ?
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