what's in store for me when i reach rc's age?

(RC,70,MALE)

before i received him from his outgoing nightingale, he was already restless and agitated..

he wouldn’t listen to anybody and he swore like we all hailed from that place called hell and made him suffer..

we couldn’t help but follow orders and by that i meant having to prevent him from doing harm to himself and to others..

i was sorry that my colleague had to do that and i had to help, but it’s for his own welfare and for everybody else who were there too (including his son and two of his daughters)

he was maddened by the fact that his activities had to be given limits..

so til midnight, he kept on shouting, crying and coughing as loud as he could..

he called names of saints and the people from the heavens above, he kept on calling his yaya, his father who was long dead, her mother and anybody else whom he thought would make his suffering vanish..

i tried to talk to him without expecting something positive..

i never thought i could talk him down to silence..

that was too much to ask for..

but for a short time..

he listened..

we talked..

i asked if it’s possible for him to lower down his voice and calm down..

he said sorry and that he understood..

he agreed to stop shouting and he really did..

we talked softly..

but it didn’t last..coz after a great deal of time, he was out of his control again..

i dreaded the thought of the chemicals in his system that were responsible for his sensorium and behavior..

because, if it weren’t for them he wouldn’t be like that..

why do we have to grow old and acquire these watchmacallits?

he started calling names again and wanted to wake up every single soul that was asleep then..

he’d struggle to let go from his MRs and tried to get out from bed..

he kept kicking and struggling..

he couldn’t help but give in to the goings on inside his body..

it was something that he couldn’t control..

we had to refer..

doc ordered chemical restraints and i administered it..

he fell asleep..

the moment he woke up, we’re good ole friends again..

he was already sober..

(originally posted on November 26, 2008)