I got so tired of Mary asking me the same questions and making the same strange statements, that I wrote a note and attached it to the lamp next to her chair. She has read it many times and it seems to be helping to keep her from asking those questions. It says something like: This is your house. You bought it 12 years ago after Uncle Harry died. I have lived here with you for 8 years. You will be 97 this Friday. Grandma passed away 30 years ago. I don't think she's finding it upsetting--just informative.
I'm going to see an ENT on Friday (weather permitting--it's supposed to snow like crazy) and called to see if she could get in, too, but they didn't have any free times. I should see about getting her to Dr Murphy; he's tested her hearing before. That way, they should have a record and can compare it. I wish I could get them to clean her ears. I have the feeling that it's just wax build-up. When I look in her ears, I see lots of stuff, but if I try to clean it out, she squeals like a stuck pig.
Speaking of which, I got Babe out of the library again, but, once again, she just slept through it. Maybe if it were the DVD with the subtitles, it would be more interesting. I'm having to turn her TV Ears all the way up but I'm not sure she can really hear at that volume and they tend to malfunction at full blast--getting static-y easily, for example.
She can't take her eyes off that note this morning. I hope she's ok. I plan on making her a cake called "Harvest Moon Cake." It seems normal but with brown sugar and caramel 7-minute frosting. That will be like sea foam, so there's more of a chance that Mom will come to get a piece :-)
Mary just said she's areading that note and some of it she can't believe.
Someone laughed the other day at the "country" way I have of saying the word "eggs." That means that Mary has rubbed off on me. I sometimes imitate her way of saying certain words, just to tease her, and I've often wondered if I'll accidentally pick up saying them that way for good. It looks like I have! She says something like aigs instead of ehgs.
She's in amazement that she'll be 97. She says she's going to call Anna and talk to her about it. (It didn't help because she couldn't hear anything Anna said!)
I'm going to see an ENT on Friday (weather permitting--it's supposed to snow like crazy) and called to see if she could get in, too, but they didn't have any free times. I should see about getting her to Dr Murphy; he's tested her hearing before. That way, they should have a record and can compare it. I wish I could get them to clean her ears. I have the feeling that it's just wax build-up. When I look in her ears, I see lots of stuff, but if I try to clean it out, she squeals like a stuck pig.
Speaking of which, I got Babe out of the library again, but, once again, she just slept through it. Maybe if it were the DVD with the subtitles, it would be more interesting. I'm having to turn her TV Ears all the way up but I'm not sure she can really hear at that volume and they tend to malfunction at full blast--getting static-y easily, for example.
She can't take her eyes off that note this morning. I hope she's ok. I plan on making her a cake called "Harvest Moon Cake." It seems normal but with brown sugar and caramel 7-minute frosting. That will be like sea foam, so there's more of a chance that Mom will come to get a piece :-)
Mary just said she's areading that note and some of it she can't believe.
Someone laughed the other day at the "country" way I have of saying the word "eggs." That means that Mary has rubbed off on me. I sometimes imitate her way of saying certain words, just to tease her, and I've often wondered if I'll accidentally pick up saying them that way for good. It looks like I have! She says something like aigs instead of ehgs.
She's in amazement that she'll be 97. She says she's going to call Anna and talk to her about it. (It didn't help because she couldn't hear anything Anna said!)
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