Underheard

(1990 December 1)

Such a funny thing happened to me, I thought you should have a laugh out of it too. I was doing a bit of sewing at the kitchen table and thot I would turn the radio on (you have to be brave to do this, as it is pledge time). Well - a doctor from Topeka was talkiing to Margaret A., who runs the program, about helping patients who very very ill and not able to get around. "You get them to move their butt around," said the doctor, "and then when they find they can do that, they feel more cheerful and try to do other things." "How odd," thinks I, remembering old dances like bumps-a-daisy, etc. He kept on in that strain for a bit, and it wasn't until Margaret A. said, "And how do you get them to move their blood around?" that I got it. You see, when you are a little hard of hearing, you oftencan have lotsof fun!