Hello?? Hello??
My wife and my daughter Allison went to visit Mee Maw on Tuesday afternoon, May 30th. They found her in excellent spirits and very conversational.
My mother and my aunt Roni have both been very pleased with Mee Maw's mental health for the last couple of weeks. Since the episode with the morphine, she has seemed to come back into our version of reality, for the most part. She has been eating better, talking sensibly, phoning at odd hours less frequently, and even playing bingo again at the home.
There are still a few minor incidents, but those can be excused for a 98-year-old woman. Lori and Ally spent about 20 minutes searching her room for her fly swatter to try to rid them all of a pest that had invaded their space. Mee Maw's fly swatter was nowhere to be found. They found out later that the reason they could not find a fly swatter in the room is because there had NEVER BEEN a fly swatter in the room. Oh, well.
Lori reported an amusing incident from their visit. As they arrived, Mee Maw was using her walker to get across the room to lie down on her bed. Just then, the phone rang. It was her oldest son, Alfred, calling from North Carolina. Mee Maw tried to tell him who her visitors were. She remembered Lori's name without a problem, but she could not think of her great-granddaughter's name at all. All she could remember is that she had just graduated from college. Alfred "connected the dots" and asked to speak to Ally to congratulate her. After that, he asked to speak to Lori, and they exchanged pleasantries.
When those parts of the call were complete, Al asked to speak to his mother again. Lori held out the phone and said, "Here, Mee Maw, you need to talk on the phone now." Mee Maw replied, "No, they'll call back." She took the cordless phone receiver, buried it under her pillow, and then laid down on the bed. Lori tried to tell her that Al was still on the line, but Mee Maw apparently did not believe her. From under the pillow came a muffled "Hello?? Hello?? Mama? Mama? Hello???"
Lori quickly fished the phone out of its feathery grave and handed it to Mee Maw while stating, "Alfred is still on the line here!" Mee Maw looked at the phone, put it to her ear, and said, "I've got company right now, and I can't talk. Call me back later!"
**CLICK**
She hung up on her son! Our apologies to Alfred. Lori and Ally did not in any way influence the outcome of the call. Lori felt rather badly for Al. We hope he was able to get Mee Maw back on the phone a bit later.
My mother and my aunt Roni have both been very pleased with Mee Maw's mental health for the last couple of weeks. Since the episode with the morphine, she has seemed to come back into our version of reality, for the most part. She has been eating better, talking sensibly, phoning at odd hours less frequently, and even playing bingo again at the home.
There are still a few minor incidents, but those can be excused for a 98-year-old woman. Lori and Ally spent about 20 minutes searching her room for her fly swatter to try to rid them all of a pest that had invaded their space. Mee Maw's fly swatter was nowhere to be found. They found out later that the reason they could not find a fly swatter in the room is because there had NEVER BEEN a fly swatter in the room. Oh, well.
Lori reported an amusing incident from their visit. As they arrived, Mee Maw was using her walker to get across the room to lie down on her bed. Just then, the phone rang. It was her oldest son, Alfred, calling from North Carolina. Mee Maw tried to tell him who her visitors were. She remembered Lori's name without a problem, but she could not think of her great-granddaughter's name at all. All she could remember is that she had just graduated from college. Alfred "connected the dots" and asked to speak to Ally to congratulate her. After that, he asked to speak to Lori, and they exchanged pleasantries.
When those parts of the call were complete, Al asked to speak to his mother again. Lori held out the phone and said, "Here, Mee Maw, you need to talk on the phone now." Mee Maw replied, "No, they'll call back." She took the cordless phone receiver, buried it under her pillow, and then laid down on the bed. Lori tried to tell her that Al was still on the line, but Mee Maw apparently did not believe her. From under the pillow came a muffled "Hello?? Hello?? Mama? Mama? Hello???"
Lori quickly fished the phone out of its feathery grave and handed it to Mee Maw while stating, "Alfred is still on the line here!" Mee Maw looked at the phone, put it to her ear, and said, "I've got company right now, and I can't talk. Call me back later!"
**CLICK**
She hung up on her son! Our apologies to Alfred. Lori and Ally did not in any way influence the outcome of the call. Lori felt rather badly for Al. We hope he was able to get Mee Maw back on the phone a bit later.
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