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Christmas at the ICU

27/12/2015

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Christmas turned out to be a bit more of a major event than I had planned for this year. Dad had a serious heart attack and was rushed to the Ballarat ICU from Ararat at 11pm on Christmas Eve and since then things have been a bit of a blur. My mother has been staying with us since it all happened and I have been playing chauffeur, grief counselor, nurse maid and number one receiver of regular ear bashings over the festive season which has led me to require sneaky late night nips and last night I even relented and had a smoke. So very un-zen of me, but my coping mechanisms are quite stretched at present. You know when you spend Christmas night at home alone with your mother eating pasta on the couch and watching Nigella's Italian Christmas, that things have gone pretty pear shaped.
On the upside, dad has since been taken from the ICU to the regular wards and is awaiting tests and numerous pokes and prods from the doctors at the hospital, which probably wont happen until Tuesday because everyone that has half a brain has nicked off for the silly season and nothing is happening - even at the hospital. So, mum and dad are stuck sitting on their hands until things can get rolling and I am also unable to do anything myself but ride this out with them as well. It is frustrating for them for sure, and not knowing what is really going on with dad is hell to tell the truth. 
Sometimes, regardless of the inconvenience and worry, you have to suck it up and do the right thing, especially for your parents. Smile and move forwards I tell myself, these things are making me a bigger and better person, and maybe this experience  will even do something to strengthen relationships between us all, which would be the best case scenario. 
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THE RAGE IN PLACID LAKE
Release Date: 2003
Rating: M
Running Time: 89 mins 
A fabulously funny Australian comedy from writer and director Tony McNamara about an odd teenager named Placid Lake. Placid has been raised in an open minded, suburban-hippie environment by his two neurotic and free loving parents, but decides to abandon his family's bohemian lifestyle and adopt a mundane life path that involves working at an insurance agency. 
Singer Ben Lee plays the role of Placid rather tepidly, but his stellar supporting cast, including the likes of Rose Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Claire Danes and Garry MacDonald, are exceptionally good and carry the story to it's full potential. 
Full of sharp satire, bizarre characters and awkward coming of age occurrences, The Rage in Placid Lake really amused me. It also reminded me of all the times, that as a teen, I too so desperately wanted to fit in, but also wanted to stand out.  
FINAL SAY: I'm going to find the positives in my experiences.
3.5 Chili Peppers

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Carmel H
18/1/2016 19:10:11

Goodness!
This was not the Zen like Christmas you had anticipated at all!
How are those relationships going?!
Hoping your dad is on the up and some decent cardiologist decided the 'Rat was THE place to be over the silly season. That is just awful and undeserved news!
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