Grandma???
How is she? All of us outlanders need an update please!
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Blogger Jennell posts at 4:31 PM CST
All you Lambert, Polaceks and Dwyers out there need to post once in a while so this stays interesting
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Many hours hae been taken up in seeing an ear-nose-throat dr. in Jupiter. Except we didn't actually meet the good dr; we met his Physician's Asst. who is a really neat guy, about 28-30ish, tall, a Christian, and very nice. But not the doctor. He said we don't know what causes sudden hearing loss, but we do know that when hearing cells fail, they either die outright or go into a coma. If the latter, try steroids to blast them back for a time. This doesn't always stay for long, but we could try to buy some time. Any who have been witness to these steroids in Gram know that it's not always a pleasant sight. This time, though, we have opted to try to regain something of the normal communication process. Last night George & Jo stayed with her; tonight it's John's turn to sleep in the back bedroom, and wake up at 1am and 5am for more funny little pills. Now, as for the rest of you: please pray that the pills will jolt us back to where we were. Also pray for the rest of us.I have decided that hearing loss not only handicaps the victim, but his people. You feel like what you're trying to say to her is helpful, loving, informative, even nonsensical. When you are prevented from imparting knowledge or just plain ol' communication, you feel deprived yourself! It's weird. And think of it: no knocks at the door will be heard. Today, when Bill called, she declared it was no sense speaking, since she couldn't hear a word he'd say. So now we're planning our communication options. Maybe text messaging? How 'bout a PDA? Earphones that are cranked up? Teaching her once and for all how to type on a computer keyboard, so we can all sit next to her and watch our words on the screen. Perhaps the old fashioned cone-shaped horn that she puts up to her ear? "Whatd'ya say, Sonnie?" For now, we're all getting writers' cramp and losing scratch paper quickly. It's traumatic, and a definite deterioration of lifestyle and life skills. But, she's the same person, wanting to be loved, be funny, be contactted. She is frantic for snail mail. All the grandchildren are personae non grata for not writing. Hint.Hint. The children are all getting tired, and the revolving bedroom idea is not palatable to all that many of us. Reminds me of the time when George and I were newlyweds, and Gram Castle was just getting senile. She was crying, worred, etc., and we were sure Mom and Dad were just sick of dealing with it, and were ignoring the problem. We kidnapped her to our apartment, up 3 flights of stairs. That was too many for her to climb, so George slung her over his shoulder, or almost, and carried her up. We lovingly fixed up the 3rd bedroom for her, and she stayed in it about 2 minutes before declaring she'd better return home before someone notices she's gone. We then comforted her and ourselves by bringing her into bed w/us! Yes, little, tiny Gram in between 2 rather large young people, all bunked up in a king size bed! It worked for a time, but it didn't seem to scare the boogey men away, like we had hoped. Suffice it to say, that time marches on, and we have a sad deal here. God is faithful, though, and He loves this Grandma so much. He expects us all to go to Him with our desires, so here we are, advising you all so you, too, can pray. Or beseech God, as she would say. She's pretty tired after it all, and hopefully is over there at Joshua Lane sleeping away with her baby in the next room! Thank you, God for my brothers and sister, who are tireless in their love for her. It's a real comfort to have them close, either by phone, or in pereson. I'm so grateful I'm here, right now. My new job, 20 hrs/week, now seems to be just what the dr. ordered. And John's day off came in the nick of time. George was able to go w/us today to Jupiter for the dr. appt., and Jean spent her day off yesterday with all the other drs. Carolyn has been Phone Central all day, filling in the blanks. It's just like Red Green says, "We're all in this together...." Best of love to everyone on this blog. Love, Jo
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