Nana

On Thanksgiving Day, we picked Nana up at @11:45 and went to the Golden Corral Steakhouse. Pretty much the worst Thanksgiving dinner I have ever had. Just awful!

Then, after much ado getting Nana around, we went back to her house. She had me write a check to pay her Comcast bill. Then she brought her bag into the living room and announced that she needed to go to the emergency room.

Mom and I went in with her (Dad slept in a chair in the waiting room). We sat there for some 4 hours and the doctor finally told us that Nana's left retina had detached. She is now totally blind.

Mom went back up to the hospital on Friday. Dr. Stapleton (Nana's long time doctor) told her and Mom that she just cannot take care of herself any more.

Nana is waiting for a doctor's appointment on Thursday with an opthamologist. He will tell her what we've been trying to get through her thick skull for days, now: She is permanently blind. She cannot live alone any more.

Hmmm. We'll see if she wins. By the way, she's been driving my parents just crazy since she came to their home. She doesn't get it, yet. And she's been really rough on my parents -- ungrateful, mean, stubborn -- generally, Nana-ish.