Back From The Hospital

[poliphilo]

The hospital says my mother's sight has improved since she began the course of injections- which surprises us because it doesn't accord with what we see on a daily basis.

We know, for instance, than she never reads a newspaper story beyond the headline.

But perhaps that has nothing to do with her sight. Perhaps it's because she can no longer hold onto an idea for the length of a paragraph.

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I think you may be right. My own mother in law stopped reading during the last year or so of her life because she could no longer "interpret" the written word.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Yes.

Sadly this also happened with other half's lovely old aunt who had been an avid reader.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

My mother perseveres. She spends most of the morning poring over the Daily Telegraph- but I don't think she takes anything in.