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My rant: My parents are elderly and their health isn't what it used to be -- especially for Mom, who has been in the hospital several times recently, and is back in the hospital this week. My son and I visited tonight. Mom uses hearing aids, and she really needs them. But the hearing aids are expensive, and Mom has a habit of misplacing them, so when she goes to the hospital she doesn't take her hearing aids. I think I finally conveyed to her the fact that if this happens again I'm going to bring in an ear trumpet.