I talked to the staff about the things Harlan has lost in the last several weeks - billfold, hearing aid, remote control and teeth - hoping these items could be located. I also talked to them about replacing his teeth, this will be looked into.
I went to see Harlan and noticed he needed to take his neb and I told him if he wanted to go out for a treat he needed to do that and he agreed to. I found a hearing aid on his night stand and it wasn't working so I replaced the battery and put it in his ear, it worked. While Harlan was doing his neb I cleaned his glasses then went to the nurses station to deposit the spent battery, Priscilla asked if I heard about his hearing aid and I hadn't. She went to see if she could encourage him to take his meds, inhalers etc. and asked him to spit out the candy or what ever he had in his mouth, she got a Kleenex for him to spit in and guess what he had in his mouth - his hearing aid - good thing he only has bottom teeth or it would have been history and he may have been too as the hearing aid battery has Mercury in not the best food to eat.
We went to Culver's for ice cream and stopped at McD for coffee. We got back to watch TV, do meds and take a nap, at least Harlan napped. I was able to convince him to go to supper but it took about 10 minuets of coaxing before he would go, he did and I went home. So ended another day.....Fran
was it the hearing aid that you had just put a new battery in?
ReplyDeleteYes, it was the aid in his mouth that I replaced the battery in.
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