Yesterday evening Olivia fell down some steps at the music school chasing Bea. Being Olivia everyone thought she had broken her arm in about seven places. We rushed off to hospital and the doctor thought the same.
“I will get you an injection of pain killer,” he said.
A nurse showed up with a syringe filled with liquid. The plan being to inject said liquid in Olivia’s back thus relieving the pain. I didn’t like the look of it, but then I have always had an almost pathalogical fear of needles. Olivia didn’t much like the look of it either.
“I’m not having that,” she said.
“What about the pain?” asked the doctor.
Miraculously it seemed a little better.
Two hours and six x-rays later we discovered there were no broken bones. “You can go to school tomorrow,” said the doctor.
“I don’t think so,” said Olivia. “A sprain is very bad, even if nothing is broken.”
She is at home watching TV while I am pack to go to Goa to interview the author Amitav Ghosh. I can’t wait to see India for the first time. I just hope the children stay out of hospital while I am away. Actually it was Olivia’s first time. “Bea has been lots of times,” she pointed out to the doctor. “But it was mainly my fault. Like the time I dropped a torch on her head from the top bunk.”
Yesterday after almost six years Bea got her revenge.
Copyright: Helena Frith Powell 2009
Here the truth about how terribly serious this is (from a mail Olivia sent me) “I am in much pain!! but daddy is being very nice and looking after me! I am off school and for the next few years…
Lots of love
Olivia xx”
Here the truth about how very serious this is (from a mail sent by Olivia this morning telling me all about it)
“I am in much pain!! but daddy is being very nice and looking after me! I am off school and for the next few years…
Lots of love
Olivia xx”
Just to let you know how terribly serious the situation is, here from a mail Olivia sent me this morning
“I am in much pain!! but daddy is being very nice and looking after me! I am off school and for the next few years…
Lots of love
Olivia xx”
Hooray for the trip to India, Helena, I’m sure there’ll be more than flashy cars and tennis stars to report on and tho’ I love the kids’ blogs they seem to be filling in for what’s going on in the background like your work scenario for example. Bon voyage
and bon blogging!
Take plenty of pictures of India! I own a sari and think it’s the prettiest piece of clothing I own.
Ah sweet! A friend who nursed in Dubai told me that women in labour there screamed so much that they used to give them loads of pain-killing injections. Hope Olivia is better now, and I think she’s right, sometimes a sprain is more painful than a break.
Have fun in Goa, mimi
Just to let you know how serious this is, from a mail Olivia sent me.
“I am in much pain!! but daddy is being very nice and looking after me! I am off school and for the next few years…
Lots of love
Olivia xx”
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