{"id":640,"date":"2021-09-15T18:05:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T18:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/?p=640"},"modified":"2021-09-16T23:17:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T23:17:40","slug":"forget-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/15\/forget-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget About It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh guys. I haven\u2019t forgotten you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a bananas summer. Let\u2019s talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/the-move-part-2\/\">Willie.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-645\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-645\" src=\"http:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8810-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8810-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8810-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8810-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8810-1536x1038.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8810-2048x1384.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8810-850x574.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;m not sure who created this photo, but they&#8217;re a genius.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Willie forgets stuff. I mean, all the time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She couldn\u2019t figure out how to renew her <a href=\"https:\/\/montco.today\/2021\/03\/the-seniors-in-school\/\">driver&#8217;s license<\/a>. She forgot that Indy, on occasion, freezes. She forgot that Indy\u2019s freezing bought him a <a href=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/26\/stroke-of-genius\/\">stroke workup.<\/a> She forgot to order the rose gold folders she offered to buy me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Twice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What she doesn\u2019t forget is that the lady who runs the cafe at the <a href=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/27\/mean-ior-citizens\/\">Temple of Doom<\/a> is mean. And that the lady who left a sacred item in that caf\u00e9 that Indy later mistakenly took is mean. And that she just doesn\u2019t like the <a href=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/26\/swinging-seniors-2\/\">deposed ruler<\/a> of Hallway C, Second Floor because she\u2019s bossy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So\u2019s the current leader of Hallway C, Second Floor. If you catch my drift.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But those things Willie does forget are concerning. So In April, I had Willie\u2019s doctor perform a test to screen for dementia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Willie aced it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I mean, not a single thing wrong. Willie, who forgot that she had me take Indy to the emergency room for an <a href=\"https:\/\/montco.today\/2021\/02\/twenty-four-hours-in-pandemic-parenting\/\">irregular heartbeat<\/a>. Willie, who couldn\u2019t figure out Indy\u2019s home heart monitor despite the three decades she worked as a cardiac nurse. Willie, who looked at a picture of herself at age 56 and explained to me it was a picture of herself when she worked at the bank.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-646\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-646\" src=\"http:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8815-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8815-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8815-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8815-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8815-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8815-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8815-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8815-850x850.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I know that degree was legitimate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She worked at the bank when JFK was in office.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yeah. That Willie. Passed the dementia screening test like she was Nick Foles executing the Philly Special.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Literally the only thing I know about football.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I was stymied. Was she gaslighting me with all these things she supposedly forgot? Did she just not give a flying fig? Was I going crazy?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Don assured me that while yes, Willie has a general disinterest in Indy\u2019s Parkinson\u2019s disease until and unless an interest suits her, she was a good deal more forgetful than she\u2019d been a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He also reminded me of the hit her brain took six years ago \u2013 six! \u2013 when she went <a href=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/sicker-by-a-mile\/\">septic<\/a>. She spent two hours with no readable blood pressure. The only reason she wasn\u2019t declared dead was because she still had a heartbeat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Which reminded me of another truth: Willie never does anything the easy way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, I\u2019d had many conversations with my aunt and uncle over the years about Willie\u2019s memory being like a Wiffle ball \u2013 rough and full of holes. I stopped questioning my sanity and started texting my siblings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to talk about Mom,\u201d I texted. \u201cCan I buy you dinner?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Their responses reassured me even more of my sanity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverdue,\u201d said one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you meet tomorrow?\u201d asked the other.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So in short order, we sat huddled around a table at the Pop Inn in Chalfont.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A little aside here \u2013 if you are a sci-fi nerd, your people are waiting for you at the Pop Inn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also, the fries are really good.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-647 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8811-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8811-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8811-659x1024.jpg 659w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8811-768x1193.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8811-989x1536.jpg 989w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8811-1319x2048.jpg 1319w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8811-300x466.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8811-850x1320.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8811-scaled.jpg 1649w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, we ordered drinks \u2013 I skipped the Super Soldier Serum in favor of a beer \u2013 and a boatload of fries. As we swapped stories, I realized I indeed needed a bigger boat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of fries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sorry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My brother explained how, after taking Willie home one evening, she told him the next day all about her lovely Uber driver from the night before.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My sister told me that, despite three conversations confirming plans for her and her kids to swim in the Temple of Doom pool with Willie, Willie still got the date wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That one I knew about. Willie had invited me after \u201cconfirming\u201d with my sister. My kids and I were all decked out in bathing suits with the proverbial nowhere to go.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We swapped stories for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRespectfully,\u201d my brother said, \u201cI think that screening test was useless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We all agreed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So we decided that Willie needed further testing. But who would tell Willie?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, my siblings and I are like most siblings \u2013 there\u2019s not a lot we agree on. But we do agree on two things: we love the Preston &amp; Steve Show, and my brother is my mom\u2019s favorite child.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll tell her,\u201d my brother said. \u201cShe\u2019ll take it better from me. She\u2019ll listen to me. You\u2019ll\u201d \u2013 referring to me \u2013 \u201cjust get in trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the truth. For sure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-648 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8808-151x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8808-151x300.jpg 151w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8808-515x1024.jpg 515w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8808-768x1528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8808-772x1536.jpg 772w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8808-1029x2048.jpg 1029w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8808-300x597.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8808-850x1691.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8808-scaled.jpg 1287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I wished him luck and told him to call me when he was done. I would follow up with Willie, then with her doctor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When the deed was done, my brother called me. That he was still alive was a good sign. I asked if he needed to stop by for a drink after the tongue lashing he had surely received. After all, when I told Willie Indy\u2019s symptoms were clearly Parkinson\u2019s, she told me I was looking for neurological diseases because of my background then canceled his MRI because it interfered with their Phillies tickets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-649 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8805-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8805-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8805-971x1024.jpg 971w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8805-768x810.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8805-1457x1536.jpg 1457w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8805-1943x2048.jpg 1943w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8805-300x316.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8805-850x896.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When I told her to move because the house was too much for her and Indy, she told me the only way I was taking her out was feet first.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When I told her I wasn\u2019t taking her to get her ears pierced because she\u2019d given a <a href=\"https:\/\/montco.today\/2021\/04\/weekend-wanderer-feeling-the-squeeze-in-the-scam-wich-generation\/\">scammer<\/a> $2000 and access to her bank account \u2013 something we needed to remedy immediately &#8211; she told me I was mean.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So I fully expected my brother to be licking a few wounds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe took it well,\u201d my brother said. \u201cShe agreed that her memory wasn\u2019t what it used to be. She said a workup was probably a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve got to be kidding me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019d given my brother dinner and sent him on his way with promises to call her doctor to get further testing ordered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-650 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8804-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8804-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8804-1024x826.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8804-768x620.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8804-1536x1240.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8804-2048x1653.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8804-850x686.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Encouraged, I brought up the conversation after Indy\u2019s telehealth appointment the next day. I would go with her to see her doctor. I\u2019d relay to him what my brother and Willie had discussed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Remember in <em>The Bodyguard<\/em>, when Kevin Costner and Whitney\u2019s security guy get in a fight in Whitney\u2019s kitchen? Remember how Kevin Costner just mops the floor with that guy?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I was that guy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Never pictured Willie as Kevin Costner but damn can that girl kick some metaphorical ass.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-651\" style=\"width: 267px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-651\" src=\"http:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8813-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8813-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8813-911x1024.jpg 911w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8813-768x863.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8813-1366x1536.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8813-1822x2048.jpg 1822w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8813-300x337.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8813-850x956.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#8217;t get her angry. You wouldn&#8217;t like her when she&#8217;s angry&#8230;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Willie got so angry with me that Indy got mad at me, and Indy hasn\u2019t been mad at me since I brought home the dude with all the tattoos and piercings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She demanded to know what things she\u2019d forgotten because, well, she\u2019d forgotten them. I was wrong. I was a poor clinician. I was controlling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well, that last one I agree with. But until the world reliably functions exactly the way I want it to, I\u2019ll need to control a few things.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On and on Willie went, explaining away all the reasons she needed further testing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you know what else?\u201d Willie demanded.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d I asked. I am, not for nothing, Willie\u2019s kid. I may have been panting on the floor while Kevin Costner sat on a chair compressing my trachea, but I wasn\u2019t intimidated. I could withstand this assault all day. But it was getting boring, and I really wanted my Starbucks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Plus, I had been bingeing the podcast <em>Dirty John<\/em>. The next installment was waiting for me if I could just get to my 4Runner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI forget what I was going to say,\u201d Willie huffed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine that,\u201d I sighed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Indy laughed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan I go?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sooner the better,\u201d Willie told me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan I use your credit card to buy my Starbucks?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo I owe you money?\u201d Willie demanded.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She did, in fact, owe me money.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo ahead,\u201d Willie sighed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-652 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8814-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8814-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8814-1024x1016.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8814-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8814-768x762.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8814-1536x1524.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8814-850x844.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wendirank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_8814.jpg 1855w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Later, Willie texted me with the thing she forgot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She wanted to know A) if she had an iPhone B) Can she put reminders on it and C) If she does have an iPhone, why?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the query about putting reminders on the iPhone came from \u2013 wait for it \u2013 Willie\u2019s memory therapist.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Willie does, in fact, have an iPhone. We\u2019ve discussed this multiple times. I bought it to connect to the Apple Watches I bought for her and Indy. The Apple Watches I bought, in part, to remind Willie and Indy of doctors\u2019 appointments and medication times.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, they\u2019re already programmed with reminders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Willie forgot, so she couldn\u2019t tell her memory therapist that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And why doesn\u2019t Willie\u2019s memory therapist know that she can program Willie\u2019s Alexa, Apple Watch and Samsung Galaxy phone with reminders?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I scheduled Willie for her first round of testing. It\u2019s a CT scan of the head.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Willie demanded that I go with her. She\u2019s claustrophobic, she said. She needs me there to keep her calm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Because I so clearly keep her calm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know that the CT scanner is open on both ends, right? It\u2019s like a donut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d Willie said. \u201cI\u2019m claustrophobic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ah. In other words, Willie still hasn\u2019t forgiven me. Forcing me to attend the CT scan is my punishment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Probably should have had my brother schedule it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh guys. I haven\u2019t forgotten you. &nbsp; It\u2019s been a bananas summer. Let\u2019s talk about Willie. &nbsp; &nbsp; Willie forgets stuff. I mean, all the time. &nbsp; She couldn\u2019t figure out how to renew her driver&#8217;s license. She forgot that Indy, on occasion, freezes. She forgot that Indy\u2019s freezing bought him a stroke workup. 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