"Can I go home?"
"Yes, but you will need help, twenty-four hour help. Have you got it?"
I hesitated before giving the doctor a firm "Yes."
However when he had left the room I wasn't sure who would be looking after me. An hour later mother arrived.
"Hi Adam, is the pain any better?"
"Hi mum, a bit."
"Did the doctor say how much longer you are going to be in hospital?"
"I asked him."
Mother interrupted me with "When?"
I smiled and said "Let me finish, I can come home now."
She gave me an even bigger smile. I think it's the first I have seen from her since my accident.
A week ago I was working in an old chemical plant when I dropped a hammer. It cracked a pipe and I was drenched in a clear liquid. At first I thought it was water, but then I could feel it burning my hands. To cut a long story short I ended up in hospital. Fortunately my clothes had protected me and it was only my exposed hands that were affected. I was in a lot of pain but thankful it hadn't sprayed onto my face.
"I will speak to the doctor to see what time you can go. It's late now so I guess it will be sometime tomorrow morning."
"Mum?"
"Yes Adam."
"The doctor says I will need looking after."
"I know that."
"All the time, twenty-four hours."
She gave me a look, the same one she used to give me when I was a child and had said something stupid. She then shook her head and said "I know that as well."
"But what about your work?"
She gave a long sigh before saying "It's all sorted out. My boss is letting me have two weeks off work, starting when you get out."
"But my hands are going to take more than two weeks to heal."
"Don't you want to leave the hospital?"
I could tell she was annoyed, then in a calmer voice she said "I had a talk with the doctor yesterday, he thinks it will be another five to six weeks before you get back the full use of your hands."
I was going to interrupt her but she put her hand up to stop me.
"Aunty June will do the two weeks after me, Ava the rest. You know Aunty June has been very good about it. Uncle Bill was going away for three week on business to Singapore, she has made him move it forward a week so that he will be out of the way whilst she looks after you."
That was a shame, I like Uncle Bill, you can have a laugh with him.
When she had finished she fixed me with a stare that said 'This is what we are doing, don't argue with me'.
So that was the plan. I didn't have any other options so I tried to look grateful, but I did manage to mumble "Not my sister Ava."
Mother smiled at that but didn't say anything.
The next day she was at the hospital early, but it was another two hours before I could leave.
"Mrs Jones, did the nurse go over everything with you?"
"Yes doctor. I have his painkillers, and I know about keeping his hands dry when he has a bath or a shower."
"Good, don't forget to make an appointment for next week before you leave."
It was only a thirty minute drive from the hospital to home, but it did give me enough time to think about what mother would now need to do for me, everything the nurses had been doing. Using the toilet was going to be the worst thing. The nurses had been very matter of fact about it, they do it all the time, mother doing it was going to be embarrassing, but I guess I would get used to it. Would it be best if I had a bath rather than a shower? In the hospital it had only been bed baths, a quick wash down with a wet cloth.
"You go into the house and I will bring all your stuff in."
Mother got out of the car, I waited for her to open the door for me. It was only when she had put the key in the front door that she realised I hadn't followed her. When she turned back to look at me I waved my bandaged hands.
I got a quick "Sorry" when she let me out.
I was glad to be back home. I was looking forward to her cooking, I hadn't had a decent meal since my accident. However the most pressing need was the toilet. I could wait a bit longer but it was probably best to do it now, the sooner it became routine the better.
"How about a nice cup of coffee?"
"Yes, but first I need the toilet."
There was an awkward silence for a few seconds before mother looked at me and said "OK."
I gave her a smile, to ease the tension, then I said "I just need a leak."
When we got to the bathroom mother quickly reached for my zip, I guess she wanted it over and done with as soon as possible, but unfortunately it wouldn't move.
"I think it's stuck, something must be trapped in it."
I could hear the frustration in her voice.
"Try pulling it hard."
"That's what I have been doing. I think I need to look at it to see what is stuck in it."
Before I could reply mother was on her knees staring at my crotch.
"Stay still, I think I know what the problem is."
It took another minute or so before she managed to free it.
"I hope we don't have all this messing about every time you want a piss."
We both laughed at that. When we had finished I could see mother was now hesitant, the next step was to take my cock out. As her hand went in I closed my eyes, I could now feel her pulling it out. When she had finished I heard her gasp. Opening my eyes I looked down at her, she was staring at my cock. She then muttered something.
"It's so big."
I was shocked, without thinking I blurted out "But wasn't father as big as me?"
In a low voice she just said "No."
I was surprised, I had just assumed I had inherited it from him. I was also surprised when she held it, not tentatively but with a firm grip. It was as if she was feeling the thickness of it. When I had finished she shook it a few times to get the last drops out, then she kept her hand on it.