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It seemed to Janice that her memory was not as good as it used to be. She was only sixty and had always had a sharp, quick mind but something was happening; she was forgetting way too often. That’s why she was seeing the doctor on a cold, November day.
The keys were in a desk drawer in the living room; a place where she often put them. She also kept her keys inside her purse, in the center divider and on a table next to the front door.
“I’ve found you, once again!”
Hurrying to the front door, she opened and then quickly closed it. Her husband, Jim, had once again thoughtfully placed her car in front of the house, always wanting to make things easy for her.
She sighed, “Thanks, Jim. You are still my Babe!” His thoughtfulness always amazed and surprised her; for he had been that way almost from the first time she met him.
“Now to the doctor’s!”
Driving to the medical building usually took ten minutes but today the traffic was bad and it took her almost a half hour to get there.
The minute she opened the door to her doctor’s, she heard, “Janice Goodwin?”
She could hardly catch her breath before replying, “I’m here!”
She followed the nurse in and went through the normal ritual of having her blood pressure and pulse taken and other sundry questions.
About five minutes later Dr. Sue Long entered.
“Good morning, Janice Goodwin! How are “we” today?”
“Pretty good, I guess. Sorry I’m late…”
“No problem. Now, let’s see how you’re doing…”
After going through the usual routine, Dr. Long put down Janice’s folder and said, “Janice, I don’t want to alarm you, but last week’s test and what I found this morning, give me concern.”
“What do you mean, doctor? What have you found?”
“First the good news. You are in reasonably good physical health—all of your tests came back good but the bad news is that you appear to be in the first stages of Alzheimer’s. Now, there is no need for alarm yet because there are some new medications that have recently come out that will help quite a bit. But, we must get you started immediately on these meds and also I want you to see a nurse practitioner, who will show you some exercises—mind exercises—that will also help.”
“I appreciate your honesty and good information, Dr., but I haven’t seen anything in my mind or behavior that suggests Alzemhimer’s. I mean I forget once in awhile, but doesn’t everyone?”
“Yes, we all forget once in awhile but your tests have shown that sometimes you forget how a normal process goes….” That’s one of the signs. Of course, there are others but that gives us doctors a “red flag.” I will make out some prescriptions for you and I want you to fill them today..”
After the doctor visit was over, Janice went to her car and began driving home. As she drove she thought out loud, “I don’t have Alzheimer’s! She doesn’t know what she’s talking about! Surely, she’s exaggerating…”
Before going home, she went to the local convenient store and bought some groceries for dinner.
She got back into the car and began driving home. About half way there, she became confused. Something was wrong. All of a sudden, she didn’t know how to get back home. She pulled over and tried to calm down. She looked around but everything looked different; out of place.
She remembered her cell phone and began to dial….What was the number? Wasn’t it 545-5982? No, maybe it was 556-5928?
Surely it was God who came to the rescue, for her husband was driving down the same street, saw her, pulled over and gave her help….
It had to be God intervening because Jim always worked late but that day he felt a kind of “nudging,” a kind of push, to go home and be with his wife.
As soon as Janice saw Jim approaching, relief swept over her and she knew without a shadow of a doubt, that the doctor was right...
Time to get going!
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