Back to Routine

Started out the day taking Mom to her first appointment with her new GP, Dr. Pham. Had a great visit with her; she explained why Mom was taken off of the donepezil - to avoid side effects for a drug that is not effective in preventing memory loss, only slows it down a little. Dr. Pham wants to see Mom every 3 months rather than the previous schedule of every 6 months. She also has a few blood tests she would like run next Monday when Mom goes in for the screening that Dr. Chan has every Monday to determine whether she should have a transfusion. Dr. Pham has a larger panel she will have run the week before Mom comes in to see her on her 3-month check-up. Dr. Pham was all for Mom playing mahjong with her buddies who have made arrangements for them to play in a separate room from the other players to minimize her exposure to potentially sick people. Dr. Pham is also in favor of taking Mom to Las Vegas (its in her chart as one of her goals). She would also like Mom to do a little walking for exercise, but not so much that it tires her out.

Near the Kaiser clinic that Mom goes to is Von's Oven Chicken. The also say they have the "Real K.F.C. - Korean Fried Chicken"!


After we got back it was Dad's turn to go to the dentist for teeth cleaning. That went well. Although I found out at the end of the appointment that Mom had actually called this morning and cancelled it. I asked her not to do things like that without consulting me. Fortunately, they had not rescheduled any one in to the 'open' slot; Mom, of course, could not remember that she had cancelled it!

We went to lunch at Zippy's afterwards. Dad ordered the small size beef stew plate with mashed potatoes and hardly ate a thing (except the ice cream that he ordered at the end). Mom ordered the garlic miso chicken salad, saved half of it, ate the other half, then proceeded to eat all of Dad's leftovers. I had the Zip Dog, a hot dog (with lots of artificial coloring) and chili wrapped in a tortilla along with shoyu pork and cabbage - a mixing of many cultures!

From the menu

Later I went to look for Momo at the Hawaiian Humane Society - no luck. And I had to fill out all the paperwork again, apparently my original lost report is no longer in the system. I wonder if it got lost during the changes in their website?

On the way back I noticed that Leahi was very green for this time of the year. I think it was because of the 6 to 12 inches of rain that Tropical Storm Darby dumped on Oʻahu about 2 weeks ago on July 24th. Normally at this time of the year Leahi is brown (as seen in the top photo from June 28th). The weeds in Mom and Dad's yard are also growing very well!

Leahi, June 28th

Leahi, August 5th

Happy Birthday to Ina and Jackie!