[Magdalen] Magdalen] gas prices?

[Lynn Ronkainen]

It's nice when doctors are willing to be proactive like that.
L

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From: "Don Boyd" <thedonboyd at austin.rr.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2014 3:14 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Magdalen] gas prices?

> When I came to believe that my mom's driving made her a danger "to self 
> and/or others," I called her ophthalmologist and told him what I'd seen. 
> He said, get her in here and I'll do the rest.  So he had his assistant 
> call her to schedule a visit (her memory was by then far enough gone that 
> she didn't notice that the between-visits interval was shorter than 
> usual), and as usual she drove herself to the appointment.  Examination 
> finished, the doc told Mom, "Mrs Boyd, I'm sorry, but I have to ask you to 
> give me your car keys.  If, knowing what I know now about your eyesight, 
> I let you leave here able to drive, I could be sued into bankruptcy when 
> you hit somebody...and you will hit somebody--maybe not on your way home 
> today, but soon.  And you have to promise me that you will never, ever, 
> drive again."
>
> She said, "Don put you up to this, didn't he?"  And he said, "Well, he did 
> tell me he was worried about your driving," and she said (meekly), "I knew 
> this day was coming, I just didn't know it would be today," and handed him 
> the keys.  The doc's assistant having called me when she scheduled Mom's 
> appointment, I was waiting in the parking lot (my wife had dropped me 
> off), and the doc walked Mom out to her car and handed me the keys.  He 
> told her, "Mrs. Boyd, I know this is upsetting, but I want you to stay 
> alive as long as you can and this is the most important thing I can do 
> today to help with that.  Now, when you get home, give Don any spare keys 
> you have, and he'll take the car to his place so you won't be tempted." 
> Mom (fighting back tears), "Yes, I'll do that.  Old age is not for 
> sissies."  And the nearest thing to a complaint I heard from her after 
> that was a comment on one of the volunteer drivers who took her to medical 
> appointments after that:  "She's a worse driver than I was when Dr Thorne 
> took my keys away from me."
>
> Don in Austin