Mum, who lives on her own, has an alarm device that she can use to call for help.
Sitting having a cup of tea yesterday afternoon I got a call from the alarm company saying that her alarm had activated so I should check.
Having spoken to her within the last hour because she had been visited by the 'Fast Response Team' after a doctor's visit, I naturally assumed that it was connected with that visit but kept trying to contact her as well.
We went to see her this morning because she needed to be x-rayed after a fall and whilst we were waiting I mentioned that if she is going to activate the alarm she should, if possible, be able to take a phone call.
The alarm looks like a watch but mum refuses to wear it as a watch and pins it to her jumper (don't ask) but, in this instance, had put the jumper in the washing machine whereupon the alarm was continually activated (never mind being rendered useless) until she remembered what she'd done with it.
She seemed to think that it was funny that she had created total mayhem. So far so bad.
Anyway, I'm sitting waiting at Harrogate General Hospital for her to be x-rayed and they have a TV which gives you lots of information about the hospital, the x-ray department and other
One interesting fact that I picked up in my boredom is that the human body has 206 bones and more than half of that number is either in your hands or your feet.
Who needs Wiki when you get so much free, useful information here?
One day we will all do the daft things that our aged parents do.
ReplyDeleteI can hardly wait.......
Spot on Jean. What with so many of us coming through it's a scary thought.
ReplyDeleteMy mother-in-law was caught in the act of drying a piece of used cling film on top of the toaster the other day, not because she is daft so much as that she has reverted to living her life in the 1950's (the nineteen-thrifties).
ReplyDeleteThis is in spite of the fact that she has enough money stashed away to pay off all her four childrens' mortgages......when the time comes. We have tried and tried but just can't persuade her to spend it on herself and improve her quality of life for her last years.
At least I won't have that problem. We are determined that by the time we have both fallen off our perches there is none left.
I couldn't agree more. I started with nothing and I don't believe in leaving mine, or any other kids, anything.
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