Tomorrow I have to call MOBILE VISION — the fabulous optometrist who makes house calls for shut-ins like yours truly — to find out whatever happened to the replacement trifocals and a replacement right lens that I ordered (and paid for!) two weeks ago. I was expecting to have them by now! Stay tuned for additional information but do feel free to resume a normal routine in the meantime. Thank you.
I usually don’t spend much time on the phone, but lately some very SWELL PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR MY VOICE. This is so exciting! My best friend Sandi called on Friday and she’s calling again later this morning, maybe around 9:30, before my hospice C.N.A. gets here. And on Sunday afternoon my cousin Karen called from Michigan to shoot the breeze and tell me about a fancy high-tech gadget — A “SIT-TO-STAND” LIFT — that she bought for her mother, who’s been in a nursing facility with Alzheimer’s for several years, immobile and noncommunicative. Apparently the lift helps the nursing staff move my aunt from the bed to a chair, from the chair to a commode … and even into the shower. I never knew these contraptions existed. Fascinating.
THIS WEEK’S HOSPICE VISITORS will include my C.N.A. at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for routine bathing and hygiene sessions, and a regular Monday afternoon appointment with my R.N. for the usual “vital signs” checkup … blood pressure, oxygen level, heart rate and temperature. I’ve been doing well on all fronts, in case you’re interested. My blood pressure is like a teenager’s (around 100/56) and my heart rate is in the 70s! It’s too bad that everything else sucks, though.
I’ve got LEFTOVER CHINESE FOOD in the fridge. Woo-hoo!
When I finally get up later on today I have to get back to REVISING ALL THE GREETING CARDS posted for sale in The Howdygram Store. However, I just realized — BRAINSTORM! — I can do half the work in advance on my laptop so I won’t have to waste any of the precious hours I spend sitting up at my workstation. This is a huge revelation. Seriously.
Dr. Reed calls an emergency meeting with the city’s mayor, the police force and the staff of the Coroner’s Office to explain that they’ve got 48 hours to find out who brought the disease into the United States and who he was in contact with before the highly contagious disease begins to spread uncontrollably. Reed elicits help from police Captain Tom Warren (Paul Douglas), and together they provide an amazing look at police investigations before technology, computers, Internet searches and national databases. I love love LOVE this movie! Others in the cast include Zero Mostel — with a greasy combover so ugly that he makes Donald Trump look like Cary Grant — and Jack Palance, who’s positively terrifying in his first feature film. Therefore … I’d like to award Panic in the Streets with The Howdygram’s coveted five-star ★★★★★ rating!
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| From left: Paul Douglas, Richard Widmark and John Mafaris in “Panic in the Streets.” |
Thank you for reading this. If you forget to remember the Alamo maybe you could remember something else instead. Did you brush your teeth today?
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