Or, at least, out of the city ( Read more... )

After grandma's neurologist appointment, wherein she got a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment, mom's brother suggested going over and meeting with her this past Sunday. Another development is that somehow grandma has been deleting our contact information from her phone, so that when we call her, she can't tell who it is. I know she would delete ( Read more... )

We didn't have our usual Sunday phone call with grandma, but there was a reason for it: My uncle asked grandma to watch his dog. We didn't get the full story until after the fact, but the dog, who is getting older, was having some digestive issues last week. My uncle's family had a convention to attend this weekend, and they didn't want to leave ( Read more... )

My uncle texted my mom yesterday--a picture of grandma's new phone. I heard about it when I walked through the door and I was asking dad what it looked like, but all he would say is, you have to see the picture. Oh, goodness, what did she get ( Read more... )

Our home phone rang yesterday, and the number on the caller ID looked familiar. It was my uncle. He'd tried texting my mom and got no response, so he smartly called the house. This would be part two of the grandma phone saga. He was picking up the lead at this point, having gone to grandma's to try to install the gateway box and get her a phone-- ( Read more... )

Since I'm off this week, one of the activities I wanted to do was go visit grandma. Dad begged off, but mom and I made plans last week to see her either this Wednesday or Thursday, depending on the weather. And then on Sunday, we never talked to her because she slept the day away, but she talked to my uncle so at least we knew she was okay. He'd ( Read more... )

The grandma saga came to a positive conclusion, thankfully, but the trip to getting there was certainly bumpy ( Read more... )

We didn't have a weekly phone call with grandma as she went to spend the weekend with my uncle. When I got home from band the other night, mom was showing me pictures from when they went out to eat with the whole crew. I love that they do that for her. Also, the baby is nearly a year old, as of next week, and she's so big ( Read more... )

Sunday afternoon, 1 o'clock. It's our regular time to call grandma and check in on her. I call, it rings, it goes to voicemail. Okay, it happens; maybe she can't hear her phone. About 10 minutes later, mom calls, it rings, it goes to voicemail. Mom wondered if grandma had turned her phone off or it was charging or something, never mind that it ( Read more... )

My mom got a text on Monday from her younger brother--he had gone to urgent care with suspected appendicitis. That got confirmed, and Monday night he had emergency surgery. He came home Tuesday afternoon and overall is doing well, phew. He is very thankful he had it checked out, as he was supposed to get on a plane for a business meeting yesterday ( Read more... )