Chapter 71 - Contrasts

Yesterday I needed to take the vehicle down town for a brake repair. So she rose at 7am after the early morning med kicked in, showered, dried & dressed herself (except for the bra clip) so that she could be up & about before 8am for which time I had made the repair booking . She had a good day on the whole, mainly watching the tennis (in my opinion that is really mental torture; the cousins should use it at their non-Geneva Convention Centres). We walked around the village about 10pm and she was still watching ping-pong games when I went to bed at midnight.

This morning 6am meds as usual. She was groggy on her feet. I let her sleep until 8:30am when she CB'd me. Helped her to the shower. Then dried her and dressed her. Everything, except the buttons on her blouse. Although before dressing her the TENS machine was applied to her upper left leg which has developed a pain down its length.

A couple of days ago we bought a support glove for her wrist and thumb. TENS got rid of pain up her right arm but not at the base of her thumb. This new gadget supports the thumb, preventing much movement in it when she attempts to push herself up from a seated position.

Perhaps you suggest she go to bed early? No good, her tremors wake her; she has to take meds at midnight to last the distance.

Day by day, that's life.