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After years
of being ordered around by that old woman, she’d finally had
enough. Might work. Probably not.
But Elmo would change his
mind about postponing the wedding. Carnie would make sure of
that.
Chapter 11
Elmo’s study was on the
main floor of the house, between the foyer and the master suite.
But he spent little time there. On a typical day, by the time he
made it home, after tending to his young patients for nine or ten
hours, he was ready to feast on one of Hadley’s delicious meals and
watch a movie in the Media Room or read in his bedroom recliner.
The maid spent more time in his study than he did. At least she kept it
free of dust and cobwebs.
He located the power button and started up
the desktop computer. Surprisingly, it still worked. He would be
forced to endure countless updates to his various software
packages. He leaned back in his leather chair and watched as each
file was downloaded and installed.
He had ignored Mallie Mae for years. Now his
mother was condemned to slog through an increasingly disoriented
life on her way to a slow, miserable death. Couldn’t he have found
some way to make amends with her before now? He should have tried
harder.
But she had nearly
destroyed his plans to become a pediatrician. And she had
interfered in his love life at every turn, never approving of any
woman he dated. She was always there to disrupt his dreams with a
punch in the gut. Because she had to awaken him to reality. Her reality. Still,
he had held tight to his grudge far too long. And his bitterness
had turned to overwhelming guilt after learning of her
condition.
Finally, all software updates had completed
and his computer had restarted. He opened a browser and went to
the National Institutes of Health website and began to read about
Alzheimer’s disease.
Drugs mentioned for early to middle stage
Alzheimer’s were tacrine (Cognex), donepezil (Aricept),
rivastigmine (Exelon), and galantamine (Razadyne). The
effectiveness of these drugs was limited. At best, they would delay
the symptoms for short period.
Another drug, memantine (Namenda), was
approved to treat moderate to severe AD. Also being studied by
researchers was the use of anti-inflammatory drugs, antioxidants,
ginkgo biloba, and estrogen.
He printed the web page and
made notes in the margins, circling the drug name Namenda, and
adding the note try this
first . Then he drew arrows to
antioxidants, ginkgo biloba, and estrogen, and scribbled try these in various combinations and
strengths .
**********
Greg had finished his lessons early, thanks
to several cancellations. So, Cynthia had decided to wait and ride
with him to Marshall. They had picked up a hamburger on the way out
of town and eaten it in the car while driving. They would get to
Beverly’s house by 6:30 PM.
“ Have you ever heard of
Elmo Mobley? He’s a doctor,” said Greg.
“ Yes. He has accounts at
the bank. I’ve seen him there a few times, but I’ve never met
him.”
“ Well, his name came up in
church staff meeting this morning. He requested prayer for his
mother, who’s just be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.”
“ Oh, that’s too
bad.”
“ Yeah. But something the
church secretary said kinda stuck with me.”
“ What?”
“ She said Elmo’s father had
died in a freak one-car accident.”
“ And you looked it up on
the internet.”
“ Well, I was curious. So, I
found a Coreyville Courier article from 1984.”
“ I thought you were busy
teaching lessons this afternoon.”
“ I was. This was during one
of my cancellations. And I had way too many today. Didn’t make much
money.”
“ Well, did you find
anything interesting?”
“ Actually, I did. It said
that Morford Mobley had crashed his car into a concrete wall under
an overpass.”
“ That’s not so unusual.
People drink too much and think they can drive. Or they fall asleep
at the wheel.”
“ Yeah, but he hadn’t been
drinking. And it happened on a sunny morning.”
“ But he
of being ordered around by that old woman, she’d finally had
enough. Might work. Probably not.
But Elmo would change his
mind about postponing the wedding. Carnie would make sure of
that.
Chapter 11
Elmo’s study was on the
main floor of the house, between the foyer and the master suite.
But he spent little time there. On a typical day, by the time he
made it home, after tending to his young patients for nine or ten
hours, he was ready to feast on one of Hadley’s delicious meals and
watch a movie in the Media Room or read in his bedroom recliner.
The maid spent more time in his study than he did. At least she kept it
free of dust and cobwebs.
He located the power button and started up
the desktop computer. Surprisingly, it still worked. He would be
forced to endure countless updates to his various software
packages. He leaned back in his leather chair and watched as each
file was downloaded and installed.
He had ignored Mallie Mae for years. Now his
mother was condemned to slog through an increasingly disoriented
life on her way to a slow, miserable death. Couldn’t he have found
some way to make amends with her before now? He should have tried
harder.
But she had nearly
destroyed his plans to become a pediatrician. And she had
interfered in his love life at every turn, never approving of any
woman he dated. She was always there to disrupt his dreams with a
punch in the gut. Because she had to awaken him to reality. Her reality. Still,
he had held tight to his grudge far too long. And his bitterness
had turned to overwhelming guilt after learning of her
condition.
Finally, all software updates had completed
and his computer had restarted. He opened a browser and went to
the National Institutes of Health website and began to read about
Alzheimer’s disease.
Drugs mentioned for early to middle stage
Alzheimer’s were tacrine (Cognex), donepezil (Aricept),
rivastigmine (Exelon), and galantamine (Razadyne). The
effectiveness of these drugs was limited. At best, they would delay
the symptoms for short period.
Another drug, memantine (Namenda), was
approved to treat moderate to severe AD. Also being studied by
researchers was the use of anti-inflammatory drugs, antioxidants,
ginkgo biloba, and estrogen.
He printed the web page and
made notes in the margins, circling the drug name Namenda, and
adding the note try this
first . Then he drew arrows to
antioxidants, ginkgo biloba, and estrogen, and scribbled try these in various combinations and
strengths .
**********
Greg had finished his lessons early, thanks
to several cancellations. So, Cynthia had decided to wait and ride
with him to Marshall. They had picked up a hamburger on the way out
of town and eaten it in the car while driving. They would get to
Beverly’s house by 6:30 PM.
“ Have you ever heard of
Elmo Mobley? He’s a doctor,” said Greg.
“ Yes. He has accounts at
the bank. I’ve seen him there a few times, but I’ve never met
him.”
“ Well, his name came up in
church staff meeting this morning. He requested prayer for his
mother, who’s just be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.”
“ Oh, that’s too
bad.”
“ Yeah. But something the
church secretary said kinda stuck with me.”
“ What?”
“ She said Elmo’s father had
died in a freak one-car accident.”
“ And you looked it up on
the internet.”
“ Well, I was curious. So, I
found a Coreyville Courier article from 1984.”
“ I thought you were busy
teaching lessons this afternoon.”
“ I was. This was during one
of my cancellations. And I had way too many today. Didn’t make much
money.”
“ Well, did you find
anything interesting?”
“ Actually, I did. It said
that Morford Mobley had crashed his car into a concrete wall under
an overpass.”
“ That’s not so unusual.
People drink too much and think they can drive. Or they fall asleep
at the wheel.”
“ Yeah, but he hadn’t been
drinking. And it happened on a sunny morning.”
“ But he
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