#7 First Aid

I've had quite a funny ol' night.

I was in The Hungry Horse [trying] to enjoy a curry night with my girls.

I was in the que at the bar ordering my usual Chicken Tikka [can't handle spice]

When all of a sudden, a kid runs in screaming in distress from the Play Area outside.

His wrist is floppy and his hand is dangling and he has a dent in his arm. It was horrific.

I'm no Doctor, but it was quite clear that he had dislocated his wrist.

I'm good when i'm under pressure. I naturally put others before me anyway, so when people need help i like to be there for them. Whether it be a friend or a stranger.

I asked the bar for ice and a towel. Something nobody had asked for, including the boys family, or the bar staff themselves or any members of the public.

I wrapped the ice in a towel and approached the family, a few minutes had passed by now. The boy was still standing and crying. Now i'm no genius, but if you're in shock and pain i feel it's better to sit down, try and calm down and try and take deep breaths. I was reassuring the young boy to do this whilst applying the ice and i was telling him he was being such a brave boy. Something nobody had done yet. Everybody just looked panic themselves which doesn't help somebody else in panic.

Now let's recap.

Nobody else had got ice. Nobody else had approached this family in a restaurant full of around 80 people.... Nobody else was trying to help the family.

One of the women who was sitting at the families table took the ice pack from me and said 'I know what i'm doing, i'm First Aid trained, so can you go away'

I explained that i was also First Aid trained and i was just trying to help.

What happened next?

She told me to 'F*ck Off'

I couldn't believe it. I was just trying to help this young boy and i was spoken to like that?

I could feel my legs start to go numb and my neck getting heated [I get a rash on my neck and chest when i'm anxious, it's been happening for the past 2 years]

I said 'There's no need to speak to me like that, i was only trying to help'

She said 'Well you're not, so go away'

I replied 'I can't believe how rude you're being to me when i'm the only one to help you'

Well.... a lad from the table decides to stand up and shout abuse at me 'Don't f*cking speak to my sister like that you f*cking b*tch'

Well i couldn't believe it. This poor young boy in distress, this is all he needs?!

I walked away and two of my friends stuck up for me, i told them just to leave it because it really isn't worthit.

Meanwhile, the boy still sits....whilst he needs A&E....

I just couldn't believe it.

The cheek of some people. And i'm fuming because i couldn't even enjoy watching Chris Pratt in the new Jurassic World film.

If i hadn't got the ice, nobody would have. That's all i'm saying. So why not thank me instead of being rude? I can't believe some people.

And whilst this lad was shouting abuse at me [for helping his sister] nobody stuck up for me, apart from my friends.

This world is truly vile sometimes.

I know there are good people in this world, of course there is, i wouldn't be writing this blog if there wasn't. The good people in this world save me, they encourage me to carry on being who i am, they support me through everything i do. That's why i'm okay.

But clearly there wasn't any good people in Hungry Horse tonight apart from my friends who stuck up for me.

Not only would i NEVER have spoken to somebody like that who was trying to help a member of my family after an injury... I would NEVER just stand and look on at a young girl being shouted at like that by a lad when she was just trying to help.

If i thought the situation was under control i wouldn't have intervened. But the family were shook up and looked like they didn't know what to do... I would be shook up if that happened to my little brother...I just felt i could have been of help as i am a stranger with no connection to the young boy. If my baby brother hurt himself and a stranger helped i would literally be so thankful.

I might be called an attention seeker for this post... It always happens....I can't even live by day to day life or go for a shit without being called an attention seeker.

But that boy needed communication in this stressful situation. And so did i.

And i need communication now to cope with it.

Remember what i just said. I need communication.