We need more bleach

Shortly after I woke up this morning, Dad discovered that Mom had messed up the bed again. This time it was 2 instead of 1. The towel underneath her, the sheets, her pajamas, and underwear all came clean in one washing, thankfully. However, the mattress pad, being considerably thicker and as white as snow, took THREE washings/soakings in bleach as well as quite a bit of scrubbing with a brush, to come completely clean again.

Mom drank almost half of a small BOOST® drink for breakfast and took her morning meds, but would not eat any food.

Wayne, a PTA (Physical Therapy Assistant) from P.Co.Home.Health, visited today with a set of "sitting" exercises for Mom to perform. She tired very quickly and wasn't able to complete all of them. When he asked Mom if she was eating properly, she said she was. 

Jim, the installer from Lowe's came by late in the afternoon to replace the bulb-cover on the cooktop that shows us if one of the burners is on. It looks so good now, and it is easy to tell if one of the burners is on by a glance at the little indicator light! Yay! He came by a day or two ago to fix the "popping" noise that the fan in the range hood was making, and found debris in the vent-pipe. After he cleaned out the debris, the fan stopped making the noise. Before he arrived today, the fan started making the noise again. This time, he said that the air-flow wasn't great enough to keep the damper open except if the fan were on "high" speed and that there was nothing more he could do. The noise really isn't all that bad, so I guess we can get used to it.

Mom was so tired after the visit from the PTA that she slept all afternoon and into the evening, never getting hungry enough to want food.



A shot of beautiful roadside greenery on US Highway 178, called "Mountain Road" by the locals, because it heads straight into the most mountainous section of the county. The highway passes near the highest peak in South Carolina, Sassafras Mountain (elevation 3,547 feet). When I was growing up here, this was one of my favorite roads to hit for a joyride on a Sunday afternoon!


THE 10 HIGHEST PEAKS IN SOUTH CAROLINA
  Sassafras Mountain ........ 3,547 feet
  Hickorynut Mountain ....... 3,488 feet
  Pinnacle Mountain ......... 3,415 feet
  Coldbranch Mountain ....... 3,333 feet
  Slicking Mountain ......... 3,323 feet
  Bradford Mountain ......... 3,317 feet
  Rock Mountain ............. 3,291 feet
  Fork Mountain ............. 3,255 feet
  Battered Rock ............. 3,215 feet
  Caesar's Head ............. 3,215 feet



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