Thursday, May 11, 2017

Loud Bang from upstairs

I was up from a nap and in my bathroom when I heard
a loud Bang then a small woman's distressed 
"Ooooo! Ooohhh help..... oooo help somebody "
Oooooooo.......

I stood for a second because i was still half asleep
then went out the door and up the stairs.
I knocked on her metal door asking "Are you alright??"
Ooo...ohhh..... WHO IS IT ?! "   (wut?)
"Are you alright? I am from downstairs "

( so funny that even in her distress she demanded to know who it was)
she crawled over and unlocked the door and I opened it.
There she was sitting on the floor 
blood all over her clothes and face.
I asked if she wanted me to call ambulance and she said 
No just get me the phone, my brother is upstairs.
She hit a button and handed me the phone- busy sound.
I realized I had no idea how to operate a landline anymore as I 
tried to disconnect.
She told me to go upstairs, so I gave her a roll of papertowels and
went upstairs to bang on his door.
No answer. 
By the time I made it back down to her place 
his scooter was outside her door.
I opened the door without knocking to find him picking up trash from 
the floor and saying
"You people just gotta relax , she's FINE ! "
She called out to him that I was from downstairs ( I am not "you people")
and I left.
Personally, I felt that even though he was her brother
I didnt think that he was doing the correct thing for her. 
But I do understand that when you are old, any little thing will cause you
to lose your home. 

(I didnt get much sleep that night repeatedly seeing that blood over and over) 

1 comment:

dellgirl said...

Sorry you had to go through that with the brother when you were caring enough to try to help. I hope you found a way to get over the feeling that must have left you with. I hope you didn't let it stress you out too much.

I will keep you (and your neighbors) in my prayers. I hope you have a nice weekend.