Chapter 127 - Fall from Grace

She fell. Yesterday. Well, just collapsed to the floor really. A neighbour at the rear came knocking on the back door. She rose from her favourite chair to collect some magazines for the neighbour. She walked no more than half a dozen steps, returned with the magazines, handed them to the neighbour then just fell down in front of me. I said "Shit" while spilling salad from my meal tray (we had just started our evening meal in front of the TV). The neighbour began apologising, asking whether she could help (she's in her 80's). She was a heap on the floor, apparently unharmed, so I straightened her legs so that she could sit then drew her hands upwards until she was standing. I know an ambulance person advised against this but I had gone into automatic mode. The neighbour left once she was re-seated in her favourite chair. Later she said there was a tender spot on her right calf (the left leg suffered in a fall several years ago) and her bum was a little sore. We are both very & extra cautious now.

Over Easter we had her 2nd cousin & wife as guests, a holiday at home for us. Last Friday we visited old friends near Steel City and she was not impacted by the travelling. There have been no further lace embroidery activities.