It's 85°F right now (feels like 86); it really shouldn't be this hot here in June (especially since it was rainy and in the 50s before I showed up). The saving grace is that the humidity has gone down to 48 percent and there's a nice wind whipping off the ocean. By the time it gets inland here it's a little warmed over, but it still helps cool. Can't wait for the sun to go down so it will get cooler; have I mentioned lately how much I hate Daylight Savings Time?

Mom woke up complaining of aching bones even in the new bed with the air mattress; turns out she had a slight fever of 100.3°F. I gave her two Tylenol immediately and by the time Lynn the nurse came at 2:30, she was back down to normal again. But the eye was paining her terribly. She wouldn't take even half a Percoset for me, but she took a whole one for Lynn. Sigh. Of course it puts her right to sleep: she has a choice of being in horrible pain or being asleep. What a choice.

I don't know what we'll have for dinner. Nothing I can cook seems to strike her appetite, which is almost nil anyway. James is the cook in the family; he can even make me like meatloaf, which I have always despised. I'm not hungry anyway, from the heat. I feel like I'm being slow-roasted on a spit. I want to get Mom down there where he can feed her properly and I can be cool, but I don't know if I can do it without help. The airport's such a bear these days.

I don't think either of them read this blog, but I want to thank Juanita and Jessie for the package they sent me; especially Jessie for her thoughtful gesture.

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You'd be surprised at the amount of help you can get going through the airport. My folks had wheelchairs waiting when they got off the plane for their vist, all the way out to the car. Call the airline ahead of time, and they'll be waiting to get her off the plane and through the terminal. (A little bit of advance recon would be wise at the Boston end, to find out the closest place to the wheelchair service for dropoff...)

They'll help, all you have to do is ask.

J.

# posted by  Jerry : 2:13:00 PM

 

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