So, a few days ago, a cast-mate told me he had woken up at 5am in severe pain with a kidney stone. He told us that his girlfriend got up and drove him to the ER and had been taking care of him. I was feeling terrible for him and how he was all nauseous and hopped up on pain meds while still being at rehearsal and then I thought to myself:
"What would I do if I woke up at five in the morning in severe pain?"
This brings me to contemplate the ever dreaded Emergency Contact question that you see on so many medical forms you have to fill out. I hate that question. I ALWAYS list my mom because of course I want her and my dad to know if anything goes wrong. But it's not like they are here and can do anything immediate. It's not like they can suddenly drive me to the hospital at 5am.
Now that I'm living alone, I'm realizing I don't even have a housemate to wake up if I ever had a problem. I have several friends I could list but some don't have cars, some have kids, and some live a bit of a ways away. Guess it's a good thing I'm a pretty healthy person (although it is equally awful having to trudge to the store for medicine or food for yourself when you feel like crap).
I don't feel sorry for myself. I'm not trying to complain. Guess this ponderance just came to the forefront of my mind the other day. I might just list my mother forever.
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