Managing Mom's Meds

My mother is losing her ability to retain information. Just a minute after telling her something, she forgets. My sister came down from Idaho last week and we took her to two different doctors. They took her off some meds and put her on others. Before my sister went back to Idaho she and Mom wrote down what pills to take morning, noon, night, and which to take just once a week. Medications were removed that she no longer needed. I bought a wonderful pill dispenser yesterday and took it out to her today. I discovered that the "removed" meds were back, one prescription bottle had disappeared, and the 50,000 units of vitamin D she was to take once a week--well, she took five of those pills in three days! (She won't need any sun for a year:) After filling up her new dispenser for the week, I took all the rest home with me. I left with a headache...and plenty of aspirin!

As I was leaving Mom's, I noticed the soft light coming off the Ben Lomond mountains, which I later discovered was the reflection from a beautiful sunset.