Oh! What a day. First I joined the VA Support Group for Memory Loss, we were a small group only three of us then I headed up to see Harlan. In heading down the hall past the visiting lounge to his room I was stopped by several staffers, they wanted to talk to me before I saw him. I stopped and I was told to sit down, my thoughts went a mile a minuet, "Now what, what's going on?" Some one said, "Oh, it's not that bad". Then I was told he had shaved off his eye brows, and they thought I should know before I went in to see him. We laughed about it and I got up leave, took a few steps down the hall then turned around peeked into the room and said, "Both of them?" When I got to his room I asked him if he wanted his glasses cleaned (I usually clean them when I'm there) he handed me his glasses and YES, his eye brows are GONE every single hair, he has a bald forehead! I asked him why and he told me there was stuff in them and that was the only way to get them cleaned.
Harlan took his jacket and we headed to Fleet Farm for gas and and a car wash, after gassing up and washing the van we stopped at the Park Diner for our treat. Harlan had a hot fudge sundae and I had a Sprite. Again I asked him about his eye brows, this time he said they were full of gum and cutting them off was the only way to get rid of it, he doesn't chew gum.
I left early to avoid driving into the sun, this weekend when day light saving goes away my problem will be gone.
Today was a good day.....Fran
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