Taking care of the sickly one....
July 1st 2008 13:28
Will is sick with the flu. Been 2 days now, he has a slight temperature and very blocked nose. Not to mention the thunderly coughs from time to time.
I am usually the sick one. And it's quite weird having Will sick and I am still healthy, considering how fast the virus usually travels and how close we have to be in the same house, yet I feel that a lot of the times when one of us gets sick, we'll stay healthy until at least the other is a lot better again.
It must be a mental thing. I am thinking maybe I subconsciously know that I must be well during these days to work and to take care of him so I must stay healthy. My body might be pressuring my immune system for over-time so that I do not get sick from Will. If I fall sick that means I won't get paid and that means both of us are in trouble.
I think sometimes even for a weak (physically or mentally) person their body can force them to be strong under circumstances. I remember a long time ago reading about someone's grandmother who's always known to be scared of cockroaches and insist that the grandfather kills them for her everytime she sees one. She could not go near them at all. Then one day, the grandfather passes away and when the grandson goes over to visit his grandmother, he sees her getting her slippers and killing a cockroach that has just crossed her path in the kitchen. He knew then, that his grandmother was not afraid of cockroaches, it was just her way to show her dependence to his grandfather in the same way that perhaps he enjoyed killing the cockroaches for her just to show that she can depend on him... and now that she doesn't have him anymore, she is still strong enough to deal with the little bugger on her own, hence showing her own strength too.
Perhaps we are all a little like that? At times of trouble, we are all forced to be strong, no matter how dependent we normally are of the other person.
I do admit that I am really tired though. Perhaps it's time to sleep.....
I am usually the sick one. And it's quite weird having Will sick and I am still healthy, considering how fast the virus usually travels and how close we have to be in the same house, yet I feel that a lot of the times when one of us gets sick, we'll stay healthy until at least the other is a lot better again.
It must be a mental thing. I am thinking maybe I subconsciously know that I must be well during these days to work and to take care of him so I must stay healthy. My body might be pressuring my immune system for over-time so that I do not get sick from Will. If I fall sick that means I won't get paid and that means both of us are in trouble.
I think sometimes even for a weak (physically or mentally) person their body can force them to be strong under circumstances. I remember a long time ago reading about someone's grandmother who's always known to be scared of cockroaches and insist that the grandfather kills them for her everytime she sees one. She could not go near them at all. Then one day, the grandfather passes away and when the grandson goes over to visit his grandmother, he sees her getting her slippers and killing a cockroach that has just crossed her path in the kitchen. He knew then, that his grandmother was not afraid of cockroaches, it was just her way to show her dependence to his grandfather in the same way that perhaps he enjoyed killing the cockroaches for her just to show that she can depend on him... and now that she doesn't have him anymore, she is still strong enough to deal with the little bugger on her own, hence showing her own strength too.
I do admit that I am really tired though. Perhaps it's time to sleep.....
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I just wrote a long reply and the computer crashed!! I can understand how you feel and I hope that Will gets better soon and that you have a chance to rest.
I’m in a similar position with my husband and it can be exhausting.
Best wishes,
Tracy
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