令人心伤的探视

打印 被阅读次数

2010年8月21日午前时分,我到Paul Sanderson所在的养老院去看望他。门卫老太太领我到很大的一间客厅,只见那里摆满了沙发,上面坐满了男女老者,每个人的脸上几乎都毫无表情,又似乎都互不交谈,全象泥塑木雕一般默默地坐着,偌大的房间显得了无生气。门卫指着一张沙发上的老人说,那就是Paul。我远远望去,怎么看也不象是Paul,走近些又细看了一会,还是不象,然而这又怎么会错呢?老人正在打瞌睡,我走上前去,轻轻拍了拍他那瘦骨嶙嶙的手,唤醒了他,可是只见他一脸迷茫的问号--“What should I do?”可怜的老人!我问他是否认识我,他说不,显然患有老年痴呆症的他已经完全不认识我了。聊些什麽呢?已经无话可聊了,心里面只觉得一阵酸楚,只听他说,“我要上厕所”,可是门卫说,没人陪他去,我问门卫厕所在哪里?她说,他的房间号是71,左转后直走就是。于是我对Paul说,“我陪你去厕所”。左转后的路,其实不长,但是对于这样一个使用门字形拐杖的耄耋老人来说,又显得不短,为了怕他跌倒,我紧紧搀着他的右上臂。一路上他多次问我,“继续往前走,是吗?”显然,他已经不认识路了。好不容易走到了他的71号房间,他问我,“我应该做什么?”我找到了房间的厕所,打开门,让他进去,问他“你行吗?”回答显然是不置可否,不清不楚,可是不管怎样,我总不宜呆在厕所里吧?于是我就虚掩了门,紧张地留心着其中的动静,估摸着已经差不多了时,我才打开门,只见厕所也没有冲,我帮他冲了之后,扶着他出来。“其实我并不想上厕所的,我应该去哪里?”他问我,我指指前方,这已经无需说太多的话了。扶他在原位上坐定后,我请人帮忙照了几张相。

20100821
20100821(001)
 
20100821(002)

20100821(003)
 
别了,好心的Paul,愿上帝保佑你,好好照料自己吧。

每个人都会有老年,但希望别是这样的老年。
登录后才可评论.
Logo

Looks like your ad blocker is on.

×

We rely on ads to keep creating quality content for you to enjoy for free.

Please support our site by disabling your ad blocker.

Continue without supporting us

Choose your Ad Blocker

  • Adblock Plus
  • Adblock
  • Adguard
  • Ad Remover
  • Brave
  • Ghostery
  • uBlock Origin
  • uBlock
  • UltraBlock
  • Other
  1. In the extension bar, click the AdBlock Plus icon
  2. Click the large blue toggle for this website
  3. Click refresh
  1. In the extension bar, click the AdBlock icon
  2. Under "Pause on this site" click "Always"
  1. In the extension bar, click on the Adguard icon
  2. Click on the large green toggle for this website
  1. In the extension bar, click on the Ad Remover icon
  2. Click "Disable on This Website"
  1. In the extension bar, click on the orange lion icon
  2. Click the toggle on the top right, shifting from "Up" to "Down"
  1. In the extension bar, click on the Ghostery icon
  2. Click the "Anti-Tracking" shield so it says "Off"
  3. Click the "Ad-Blocking" stop sign so it says "Off"
  4. Refresh the page
  1. In the extension bar, click on the uBlock Origin icon
  2. Click on the big, blue power button
  3. Refresh the page
  1. In the extension bar, click on the uBlock icon
  2. Click on the big, blue power button
  3. Refresh the page
  1. In the extension bar, click on the UltraBlock icon
  2. Check the "Disable UltraBlock" checkbox
  1. Please disable your Ad Blocker
  2. Disable any DNS blocking tools such as AdGuardDNS or NextDNS

If the prompt is still appearing, please disable any tools or services you are using that block internet ads (e.g. DNS Servers).

Logo