You don't realise just how valuable your time with your parent is until it is threatened by health problems and hospital stays.
"If I had it my way I'd wrap her in cotton wool and protect her forever."
A couple of years ago my Mam suffered a severe seizure. I remember finding her in my sister's room, she was grey and fitting and unconscious. The memory of that day is inked in my mind forever. She was rushed to St. James's Hospital and taken to ICU. Doctors put her in an induced coma and I sat down in the A&E waiting and wishing and praying to anyone and anything that would listen. I will never forget the moment we walked into the ICU.
The fear of my Mam having another seizure, she has had multiple ones since the one that resulted in an ICU stay, haunts me. There have often been days when I've been too afraid to leave her at home. The way I view her has completely changed. I worry more, I overthink and fret about her. I worry about lung functions, hospital appointments, seizure medication, and everything in between.
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