Night Duty

Jophie asked me if I could sleep beside Mother in her room. We were told she would get up at wee hours, like 3:00am, pace around the living room, open doors and windows. Sometimes, she would fire up the gas stove to cook!

So I dragged a light foam mattress to the master bedroom when Mother and Angie retired at 9:00pm. Mother didn't object to me sleeping on the floor beside her bed. She seemed to sleep well, snoring loudly.

Around midnight, Angie went to the toilet to vomit. Mother got up upon hearing the splashing noise in the bath room. I asked her what she was doing. She said she needed to check on Angie. She went back to sleep after chatting with Angie for a few minutes.

The incident repeated around 3:00am.

We all got up at 6:00am. Mother's mode was unstable. She was down but lightened up when our conversation pleased her. At 8:00am I took a nap for two hours after a sleepless night.

Sensing something was seriously wrong, I thus started my night duty for another four weeks!