My mom did not have a good week. Let me set the stage by saying she has this neck pain (not me!!!) that she gets ever since she whacked her head on an open casement window while trying to rescue a baby bird in the Spring.
Last week the neck pain got really, really bad (serves her right going off to Milwaukee and sleeping in a strange bed and all!) By Thursday night when she got home she was unable to sleep at all (very annoying as I would just get comfortably wrapped around her legs when she would have to move!) She was very tired Friday but went to work anyway because she had to go to the dentist. She broke a tooth eating ICE CREAM on the airplane back from London. Her dentist was out of town so some other dentist put some temporary thing in her mouth and it was time to get the real thing.
But the dentist couldn’t get the “temporary” thing out. He said he would have to “tap” it out. He brought out a hammer and chisel…then a drill…..
So she thought she would go back to the office, clean things up and come home. But her secretary dropped the ball (wait a minute...if she is MY secretary, why does she have a secretary???) and momma had to fix it so she didn’t leave until 4:00.
That’s where I came in. As soon as she lay down I began to attack her fingers and toes. I had to jump on the blanket (a lot) to see if it was properly arranged. To make sure she was comfortable on her back I tried out her tummy as a trampoline. I climbed all over her and chased imaginary creatures. She finally got the hint and got out toys so we could play for a while. When I thought she was sufficiently exercised I went to sleep!
It seems to have helped so I thought I would pass along my technique!
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