Susan's 96 1/2 year old Dad, Another happy ending!
Susan came in with her dad who is 96 1/2 years old & said, "Janet, look at his arms! What can we do to help them to get better?" To be perfectly honest, what I saw, turned my stomach. He had huge bruises all over his arms, each, punctuated with a big SCAB!! His skin was paper thin and blood vessels were bursting sending blood gushing out as though from a geyser!!!!! The skin was just splitting & breaking open at will. So, Susan asked again, "What can we do?" I took her aside & said, "Susan, he's 96 1/2 years old. The skin & veins & capillaries are totally fragile, he's.......OLD!" Well, SUSAN BEING SUSAN, asked again, "What can we do to help him?" "O.K. first, you said that he's on aspirin every day, right? So you might involve your doctor with this dilemma because you know that that is one of the "connections". Now, here's what I'd do for MY DAD (or myself). Vitamin C & Vitamin E help to rebuild tissue. The Bioflavanoids & Rutin, which are in the rind or skin of the fruit, strengthen veins and capillaries." Then, I followed up with suggestions of how much of what to take to get results, (hopefully). There is a scripture in the book of Psalms that states, "The body is wonderfully made." Going on that premise then, there must be a way to maintain it in some fashion. Sooooooo..............In a few weeks, (very few), to MY PLEASANT SURPRISE Susan came back in with her DAD in tow WITHOUT split skin, bruises, scabs & veins gushing blood! I LOVE HAPPY ENDINGS!!!!! I do have more to say about this subject though. I was watching a program on T.V. about the aging process. They zeroed in on a 85 year old woman lying in a hospital bed, crying in pain, surrounded by crying members of her family. Her paper thin skin on her legs was splitting open & blood was gushing our from the fragile breaking veins & capillaries. The "person in charge" said, "We'll put some creme on it to help numb the pain that's really all we can do. YOU KNOW..............SHE'S OLD!!!!! Hmmmmmmm!!!!!!! P.S. I will never give up on searching for ways to have happy endings!!!!!!! Have a happy Day. J.Barre'
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