Went to visit Mum today and started by doing a spot of daughterly personal care – manicure of her nails and some face de-fuzzing.
Have used the hair removal cream many, many times before, never the slightest issue. All went as usual, so we headed off to park at my brother’s house so I could walk Scrumpy for half an hour on the beach opposite before taking Mum for lunch.
Get back up to the car, drive to the pub and open Mum’s door to get her into her wheelchair – and spit that her lips are very swollen. She of course hasn’t noticed a thing, so I check she’s not feeling bad or having any breathing issues and, mystified, decide to have our lunch anyway.
Pasta was clearly not her meal of choice, so bought her a sticky toffee pudding to improve matters, then decide to head back. No chance it can be anything but the cream that has caused the issue, so tell the staff and they pop her into the day conservatory so they can keep an eye.
I head off but then get a call to say she has a rash all over, they’ve called the doctor and if he can’t sort it out, it’s off to A&E. Luckily, the antihistamine worked so no need for a hospital trip.
How on earth can something that’s been used countless times before, suddenly cause a right palaver? Poor Mum, the joys of today, plus next time I will be stalking her chinny chin chin with some wax strips. She’ll deffo need a good pudding to make up for that one x