In my last post, I noted how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting Kate and me. My emphasis was the impact of not being able to eat out for lunch and dinner. I didn’t mention that some of the normal daily happenings can seem more troublesome than they might under ordinary circumstances. Several of those have occurred this past week.
Monday night, I changed the sheets on our bed. As I was putting the fitted bottom sheet on. I reached under the mattress to pull the sheet as tight as I could. I hit the knuckle of my right index finger on the bed frame. It was a minor injury, but I started to bleed. I went to look for a bandage and a found an old box with various small sizes. Finding the right one was a struggle as I tried to keep blood from dripping all over the place while I searched.
I had given Kate her iPad to work on puzzles while I made up the bed. She kept getting in trouble and asking for my help. That was fine until I cut my finger. My priority was getting it bandaged. She was impatient. I tried to explain that I had cut my finger and needed a few minutes. I don’t think she ever grasped what had happened. As quickly as I could, I cleaned up my finger and bandaged it.
Tuesday morning, I had a 10:45 appointment for labs at my doctor’s office. When I tried to get Kate up she balked. There was no moving her. My desire to be on time made me a little anxious. I made a call to my office and asked if one of my colleagues could stay with her. Barbara came right out.
As I was about to drive away from the doctor’s office, I felt something wet on my arm. I realized quickly that I must be bleeding although it didn’t show through the material. I keep napkins in the car for Kate and picked up a couple to stop the bleeding. Then I had a second thought. The doctor’s nurse would be able to handle this better than I. I went back in, and she took care of it.
As I said at the top, these are minor events, but they seem bigger with all the other changes that we are experiencing. I just like for things to go smoothly. As our current situation suggests, that doesn’t always happen even when you are in the middle of a much bigger crisis.
