My Empress Dowager Nearly went lost in TTSH

I nearly suffered a emotional heart attack........

 I had brought my Empress dowager to Tan Tock Seng Hospital for her follow up appointment . It was a swift appointment, just spent only an hour registering, consulting the doctor and proceeded to payment. I was feeling kind of hungry, so both of us went to the atrium to get food, instead of B2 level to await for my uncle to fetch us....

As usual, anyone who are related, knows that she is a very thrifty person. When she heard that I wanted to buy food, she suddenly got angry with me! " Why spend money to buy food, we are going home, go home and eat!"  I was angry too, I surely have the right to choose whatever food i want to eat, and Today, I don't want to eat at home, and  anyway I wanted to have some snacks before my dinner and before I feel faint!

I practically ignored her anger and insisted to buy ....... thus I told her to rest on the chair and sit there before i come. I turned my back and went to queue for the snacks.

Just after I bought my snacks, I went to look for her, to my horror! She was not sitting there. I turned  around , hopping that I will catch glimpse of her before she venture even further!

To my disappointment, she was now where to be found! I started to panic! I started to mumble to myself " Where did she go! Toilet ? .....???? My mind went blank!....

" Ok, Anita, don't panic! she can't go that far!" I was trying very hard to reassure myself that she might have go to the place where we had arranged to wait for him there to fetch us. But My head rejected that possiblitity that she was able to go down two escalator level on her own., but I still followed that trail and run up and down like crazy !

Again, I told myself to stop panicking, cool down and think where she could have gone to!

Finally I decided to walk towards the opposite direction and I might find her !
True enough, I found her at the main entrance lobby of the hospital ! I was so mad when I saw her and she some more said " Ah yoh, why are u so slow!'' 

I tell you, I heaved a sign of relief and I started to ventilate............ at her! I wanted to really yelled at her, but I can't do that with so many people around! 

I hold  her, took multiple counts of deep breathing exercise before I lowered my voice and started to scold her!!!!!! (in teochew)

" Ah ma, I told you to sit down and wait for me, and why are you so disobedient, ignoring what I told you!

She still talked back : " I told I am going to wait for Ah Swee ( my uncle), wait he can't see us!"

" You are standing at the wrong place, so no matter how long you stand here, he still can't see you!"

" I am definitely standing at the correct place, everytime he fetch us from here wat!"

" I am sorry to inform you that you are wrong and this is the wrong place!"

I was practically scoldng her and nagging on our way to the correct place to await for my uncle.......

" Next time, if you don't co-operate, I will bring a rope along and tie you on the chair when I go and buy things!"

 She later admitted her mistake and promised to listen to my instructions the next time!

See, this how dangerous it can be, when you bring a stubborn elderly who always asume she is always right, you are always wrong !

Elderly person can get lost, especially when they seldom go out on their own and every where look similarly the same to them ! Different place, but they can view them as the same.