My mother’s hearing aid

The

feedback is annoying

like a neighbor’s barking dog

the screech prevents

sleep.

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Battle of the Hearing Aids in Las Vegas

My mother thinks she does not need to wear her hearing aids, so she removes them and lays them down. Earlier today, she removed her hearing aids and put them in the dish that held her lunch. Fortunately, she had eaten everything except a few grains of rice. I do not think those few grains hurt the hearing aids.

When she removes the aids from her ears, they make a noise while she is holding them. This is good because if I am not sitting next to her, I can go to the couch to find out what is going on. I heard the noise and went to see where she was putting the hearing aids. She attempted to put one of them in her mouth, but removed it immediately. This is the first time she has done something like this. I think she did it because she found them in the cereal bowl, which contained the rice. Normally, she does not try to eat anything that is not in a food container.

Usually, when she removes her hearing aids she puts them in her purse. Her purse was not beside her, so from now on I have to make sure her purse is sitting next to her or on the arm of the couch. Anywhere she can see it and get to it easily. Because of the Alzheimer’s disease, Mom cannot help the things she does.

Mom did not get hearing aids until she was in her 80s. She believes she is a young woman and can hear as well as she could when she was 18, all though, because of the Alzheimer’s she acts as if she is much younger. After I cleaned the hearing aids off, I put them back in her ears and she has not removed them again. She may have forgotten I put them in her ears.

Writing and prayer changes my mood

There are two things in my life that changes my mood when do them. One of them is writing and the other is prayer. Both of these activities changes my mood and brightens my outlook on life. Prayer and writing, in that order, gives me something to look forward to each day.

Lately, I've been extremely worried about my mother. She is 88 years old and needs a hearing aid. I'm not sure how I'm going to get a hearing aid for her, but I have to. Having a hearing aid would make her life easier and mine as well. Mom doesn't always hear what is being said. She gets frustrated when she can't hear properly.

I think we all get frustrated when we can't hear what is being said. Hearing is an important sense to a human being because it gives us information about our environment. When we can't hear what is going on around us, we get worried and upset; there are other emotions that come into play when we can't hear properly.

I have an appointment Friday, to have Mom fitted for a hearing aid and make a down payment. I think I'm going to have to cancel the appointment for the hearing aid. We need a new fridge as much as Mom needs a hearing aid. The refrigerator is still running, actually it's running all the time 24/7 and I think it's loosing cold air. It still freezes and it still keeps food cold, but I don't know for how long.

My gut feeling tells me I'm going to have to get a new fridge by the end of May. I hate making choices between necessities, but that's how things are in the world today. We have to make choices between necessities and somebody looses out. I'm on the verge of tears.

I'm not sure what to do at this point, except pray. I know prayer works miracles, I've seen it happen in my life and in the lives of others. Therefore, I will continue to pray and look for the answer to my prayers, sometimes we have to look for the answers because they aren't always obvious to us.