She is old and was sick. It seems like her health has gotten from ok to bad since moving here to Moscow from Tashkent.
Then she had a fall which makes things worse. In short words, she needed to do IV infusion for 10-15 days to increase nutritions, blood circulation to brain and IO.
But no one to do it at home as she is immobilised with osteoporosis, hernia of cervical spines and muscle weakness.
She lost alot of weight and spend her time just watchin Tv all day. Unlike other family in Moscow, ppl usually abandon their old parents. I see this daily at the wards where old ppl came in with Skoroi pomosh(ambulance),they live alone in their apartments. Sometimes with cats or their dog but most of the time alone.
I wonder how could these generation abandon their parents...
When we talked to them at the wards, it was really heart wrenching to hear how lonely they were, how afraid they were. I hope i can make them feel alil better by just holding their hands or sometimes visiting them after classes and listen to their small talks about life. But somehow after the cycle ends, i moved on to another cycle and i felt i didnt do enough. I will blame it on the lack of time, my own stamina, but basically, i wasnt sure if i wanted to bond with patients so much. I might not be ready to be emotionally attach and then de-attach to patients. I hope to learn this valuable lessons when i m working as HO.
Anyway, back to the infusion, i did only few times setting up the infusion set so i didnt dare to take risks to go it on my own for my friend. So i called my friend, Maral who is Postgrad student doing major in surgery. She is much more experienced and she taught me how to do it all over again. So today is the day i ll do this on my own.
