Ear Update
October 13, 2007
In somewhat better news, Grandpa seems to have recovered (some or all) from his hearing problem. He didn’t make any announcement to that effect, but I noticed some time this week that I no longer had to raise my voice and lean close for him to hear me–his hearing ability seems to have gone back to what it was before he complained of something plugging up his ears. I am very glad of this, because I was very torn over whether to take him to the doctors, and was feeling if his condition didn’t improve that I probably should. Since he appears to have recovered to his former state I’m assuming it was just fluid in his inner ear canal, like always.
Note: This material originally appeared in a blog I wrote while caring for my grandfather as he journeyed through dementia. It ran 2006-2009 and ended at the time of his death. This blog was the incipient material for a book, “The Sea is Wide: A Memoir of Caregiving.” If you have appreciated this writing, please consider purchasing the book and sharing it with others.