One of our elderly members and a good friend,Julie Gaum,called me from the VA hospital this afternoon. She said that she wasn't sure that she would make it out alive,and I needed to be aware of where she was..I think I am the "executrix" of her feminine possessions,but she has never given those orders to me.. At 90 something,she is suffering the effects of WW2 injuries to her spine and the VA "pain pill regimen" causes her to black out and living alone,that is not healthy. Anyway,her hair is very light and long..and the VA nurses have suggested a haircut to "masculinize her"..."No,the girls like it this way" has been her reply. She then went on to say that she has been vocal and delusional since her arrival by ambulance there.They told her that she was walking around telling people that she was a Turkey!! I can not understand that as I told her I could better accept that she had been off her rocker telling people she was Marilyn Monroe !Her reply was that her hair was almost that length. Anyway,it is sad for me that one of our members that I brought into the mainstream [a couple of years ago] is now thinking she isn't going to make it much longer and to be prepared for "the next call". Julie passes on her good wishes to those on the forum that she conversed with. I wonder if she wants to be buried in her best dress... I actually believe we will be seeing a few more posts from her but it definitely "sucks getting old"..
