Car Service

Cooroy Main Street the garage is the buildingat th far left by the small crossing sign.

My visit to my GP was the usual non-event. My blood pressure is fine and so are my blood sugar levels although they were a little elevated during August to October when Margaret was seriously ill. I have series of test scheduled for January.

My GP looked up Margaret's latest Urine Test results which showed that there was no infection of the Urinary Tract which could have been the cause of Margaret's increased dementia. Unless there is some other, yet to be determined medical condition causing it , Margaret now has quite severe vascular dementia or Alzheimer's.

Back home Margaret was worried about going out in the afternoon. She needed assurance that we were not going out until 1.30 pm to drop of the car for it's service. I think she asked me four or five times between 11.00 am and lunch at 12.30 pm and was ready and dressed at 1.15 pm.

The drive to Cooroy is via 15 km of recently upgraded and widened road which Margaret told me was too narrow and needed widening. I am sure that the Sunshine Coast Regional Council would be disappointed that their multi million dollar upgrade was not appreciated.

Cooroy is a pretty little hinterland town just over the range from Tewantin so having dropped the car off I wheeled Margaret up and down the main street to look at the local shops. No Mall here, just small shops in old wooden buildings with a super market hidden down a side street. The walk took about 30 minutes as Margaret looked in all the shop windows before we dropped into the RSL Club for tea, coffee and cakes. This killed an hour before we went to see if the car was ready. We waited about 15 minutes in their waiting area before they delivered it to the front door. The salesman who sold us the car helped Margaret from the wheelchair into the car but in spite of having been driven by him in a demonstration car 20 months ago Margaret didn't recognise him.

We got back home at 3.45 pm and Margaret went for a nap on her bed while I walked Louis. She had enjoyed her little outing.

Last night she was particularly confused as I think she was very tired but she had to stay up and watch the “documentary” (crap) about Charles's Other Mistress and went to bed at 9.45 pm.

Today we will go out for lunch where she wants Sizzling Garlic Prawns yet again.