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   Hi Sean,   
      
   >> Yeah, I sure didn't want to have a rewind of the last time this   
   >> happened when she did make it outside ... in her nightgown at about 6AM   
   >> when we were sleeping.  Police at the door... talk about a nightmare.   
      
   > My grandmother didn't wander off, thankfully, but she broke her neck three   
   > times and survived.  Evidently there is a little "pin" made of bone on the   
   > top of your spine that your neck sits in.  If that breaks completely, you're   
   > dead.  She cracked it three times.   
      
   Yes, I knew a person that happened to, though years ago.  Absolutely freaky   
   when you hear about things like that.   
      
   > What killed her, sadly, was her dislike for water.  She literally   
   > dehydratede herself to death even in a nursing home.  She flatly refused to   
   > drink water.   
      
   Oh that is so sad... :( I know sometimes the elderly can be _very_ stubborn   
   about not drinking or eating something they've decided they don't want to   
   have.. we see that over here as well but not with water, thank goodness.   
      
   >> When her sugar is really, really high I think she loses it? And it's   
   >> been really really high.  Scary.  I'm careful with our dinners, but we   
   >> think she has drawer full off sweets hidden in her room.  She went   
   >> shopping with her caregiver and you know...   
      
   > As a diabetic, I know exactly what you are talking about.  I have to resist   
   > the urge to buy sweets.  I am trying to limit myself to once a week but it   
   > is difficult.  If my blood sugar gets too high, I do get into a bit of a   
   > "sugar fog" but that's rare for me these days.   
      
   Maybe you can find Sugar-free Butterscotch candies... My mom who was diabetic   
   towards the end of her life (she died of about a bazillion cancers, it was a   
   trip) kept a stash of those around.  I'm not how sure they actually would help   
   cravings though they did help her with it.   
      
   > ... Anthony's Law of Force: don't force it, get a larger hammer.   
      
   I could have used a hammer last night on this system  Some tic got   
   stuck in my BinkD mailer for one of my downlinks and it drove me nuts..   
   couldn't find the sucker "anywhere" but BinkD was sure it had already been   
   sent... and kept saying it couldn't finish the transfer :(   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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