When things start going wrong.

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Yesterday I left my nephew in his parents' hands. My mother left for Rome - and promptly found that she had misread her ticket and was half an hour late to catch her flight. She managed to get there on time, only to find that it was two hours late. Meanwhile I went home and promptly fell sic with a painful, ripping sort of cough that rises right from the lungs - I can feel them practically being torn every time I cough. The savage weather is devouring heating fuel at a rate I cannot afford, let alone that I should go out today or tomorrow and get the money and pay for the heating, and I really, really do not feel like it. Worst of all, day-before-yesterday I had a scary fit of unfocussed sight. For half an hour I could not focus on anything, so much as to read the price on a food label. This leads me to fear that my sight might be in danger - which is just about the worst thing I could think of. Finally, when my mother finally got home, she found that the filthy weather - which is blanketing not only England, but all of Europe - had got to her own mother - my last surviving grandparent - and that she has slipped into a coma. It is only the icing on the cake that the weather seems to have got the Pope as well, and that he too is apparently in danger of his life. We will have another Pope, but I am not going to have another grandmother, nor, if the danger is verified, another sight.

Comments

[privatemaladict.livejournal.com]

Oh, man... really got it all at once, haven't you? My best sympathies for you and your family. Get well soon. Take care.

[curia-regis.livejournal.com]

Ouch. I hope everything turns out okay in the end. My sympathies.

[kikei.livejournal.com]

*huggles* I'm so sorry. is there anything I could do to help out?

*passes you lots of chicken soup*

-Kiks

[webbapettigrew.livejournal.com]

Boy, when it rains it pours. Hope things are better soon.

[tashmania.livejournal.com]

I hate how everything always seems to come at once. Get well soon and take care. You and your family.

[agatha-s.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry all these things happened to you and I hope everything will turn out all right.

[thepreciouss.livejournal.com]

You and your family are in my prayers (along with the Pope).

[rfachir.livejournal.com]

Stay warm and hydrated and feel better soon. I am very paranoid, so don't be too concerned, but please Get to a hospital if you feel any of these:
Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body
Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
Sudden, severe headache with no known cause

You have one symptom, it may be nothing, but time can make a big difference. Make the appt with the doctor now and let them decide how fast they want you to be seen.

[becomethesea.livejournal.com]

Much LURRRVE to teh FPB. Let the warmth of those on your f-list translate into your life and the weather.

Of course, now I've done it. You're going to get sweltering weather, and everything will become so peachy, it will be mentally disturbing. Oh well. :)

[jennilee.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. It really snowballs, doesn't it? I offer my sympathies - you will be in my thoughts.

Silence