Our saga continues. Mom went to the dentist yesterday to see about getting her missing tooth fixed. The only available appointment was at 2:30pm, so we took that. Unfortunately, that meant that there weren't any options available for getting her "partial" sent out, fixed and returned. There is usually a day's turnaround (at least), but for that to happen, the work has to be sent to the lab before noon.
So, Mom's options were to have the impression taken yesterday, surrender her partial to the lab and get it back on MONDAY afternoon. That meant an entire weekend without her partial... and basically without any/many top teeth. Not a good option.
Option 2 was to set an appointment for first thing Monday morning to take the impression needed, surrender the partial and get the new partial on Tuesday after 1pm. That means "no teeth" for just over a day. Mom took that option - the smart choice if you ask me - which the dentist did. More on that later.
So, poor Mom... is back to looking like a hockey player until Tuesday - 5 days. UGH
The dentist called me into his office to discuss Mom's options with me. Apparently, she was having a hard time understanding her options and couldn't make a decision. From previous encounters, I knew that meant that Mom wasn't HEARING him. I quickly told her what the situation was and helped her to make the decision that she did. It's amazing to see her handle herself when she cannot hear. She basically sits in the chair and smiles and looks like she is listening attentively.
So, readers, watch your elders carefully for this sign. They are not playing dumb. They can't hear you! Updates next week on Mom's toothless saga!!!
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My family hounded my dad to get his hearing checked for years. It got so bad that it was painful having a conversation w him. I think what did it was a comment I made to him that hearing loss can compound and that IF he was losing it without help (hearing aids) it would get worse and then his options may be gone. He went to a Costco hearing center and sure enough got hearing aids.
ReplyDeleteNow if he would just wear them all the time it would be great.
I talked to Mom just the other day about getting her hearing and vision checked. That Medicare would pay, etc. Still no dice. Here's the pat response: "I will know when I need to go get checked!" What's a girl to do???
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