when does the carer get care?
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Written by suew 10. Aug 2008 05:55 PM
The family are getting together to celebrate our littlest grandson's first birthday today and I sent Ray off with Trev as I have that horrible coughy virus that is going around and didn't want to spread it around the family. Trev took Ray with some reluctance, knowing that there can be problems but hopefully all will be well. All I know is that I was desperate for some peace and quiet and couldn't do anything else.
What do you do when you are sick? I was sick on Friday but as I had a "new girl" for the three hour resppite I went out and sat in a shopping centre and drank coffee. If it had been the regular carer I might have gone back to bed but didn't feel I could do that with someone new in the house. I did come back early though as I really didn't feel like shopping and didn't think anyone would want a share of my germs, so couldn't visit anyone. I'll visit Mum when I am sure I am over this completely.
There is nothing much a carer can do beside dose herself/himself up with over the counter renmedies or antibiotics and wait for time to heal. It is not as if there is someone else who will rush to our side and take over the job of caring, or offer to look after the two of us in their own home. No, that just doesn't happen, does it?
The good news is that Ray will be away at Camp Breakaway from Tuesday till Friday morning and so I will have time to get over this and maybe do some odd jobs around the house too. I will just have to see how much energy I have.
I am pretty healthy on the whole, but like everyone else sometimes a virus catches me unawares and then I wonder; "Who is there to look after me?"