Chapter 187 - Much Activity
We were in Hot Air City for two nights this past week when a I had a cataract operation on my left eye. We stayed at the same motel as we did last August. A room opposite the one we had last time, plenty of space, especially in the bathroom equipped with hand rails. There was a two-tier bunk bed as well as a queen sized bed that we slept in. She would not sleep on the lower bunk because she could not tolerate having the bed above over her and of course she had no chance of climbing to the upper bunk. So we shared the queen sized bed so that I could lay on one end of her satin sheet cover to keep it in place, since it is a little too short to be tucked in on both sides. I was quite surprised at how vigorous her tremors are while she is awake; almost violent, I suspect they have intensified.
We travelled to and from the Eye Hospital by cab, from which she had only slight difficulty getting in & out of, although she always sat on her favourite piece of old black plastic. She acted as my "carer", although it was I that needed to collect medications from a chemist shop on the way back to the motel. The evening of the operation we had room service, then for breakfasts and the next dinner we ate in the restaurant where she had little difficulty serving herself, for it was a buffet establishment.
On our return trip home I decided to take a side road to a small country town where I wanted to photograph some buildings. She stayed in the truck while I did so and before we drove on I bought her an ice cream for the morning was hot. Seeing a sign post to another town down a side road I decided to take the short cut; unfortunately for her half of the 34kms had a gravel surface. By the time we were back on the bitumen her hands were stiff, with white knuckles, from holding the grab handles so tightly, even though I drove the length of the hilly & winding road at no more than 40kms.
She has needed to use the TENS and the treadmill to lessen leg & back pains several times since our return. I suspect her need is due to many hours of concentrated effort assembly two quilts for our beds. These she commenced several years ago when she was unable to do much with her hands.
We disappointedly saw the movie "Old Dogs" yesterday.
We travelled to and from the Eye Hospital by cab, from which she had only slight difficulty getting in & out of, although she always sat on her favourite piece of old black plastic. She acted as my "carer", although it was I that needed to collect medications from a chemist shop on the way back to the motel. The evening of the operation we had room service, then for breakfasts and the next dinner we ate in the restaurant where she had little difficulty serving herself, for it was a buffet establishment.
On our return trip home I decided to take a side road to a small country town where I wanted to photograph some buildings. She stayed in the truck while I did so and before we drove on I bought her an ice cream for the morning was hot. Seeing a sign post to another town down a side road I decided to take the short cut; unfortunately for her half of the 34kms had a gravel surface. By the time we were back on the bitumen her hands were stiff, with white knuckles, from holding the grab handles so tightly, even though I drove the length of the hilly & winding road at no more than 40kms.
She has needed to use the TENS and the treadmill to lessen leg & back pains several times since our return. I suspect her need is due to many hours of concentrated effort assembly two quilts for our beds. These she commenced several years ago when she was unable to do much with her hands.
We disappointedly saw the movie "Old Dogs" yesterday.
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