‘How can he hear you but not me?’ Hearing loss tested my family in surprising ways
The first sign of illness in my Uncle Bob was his swollen, curled hands—the mark of rheumatoid arthritis. Then, not long after, type 2 diabetes. For a veteran and longtime auto mechanic, these illnesses in and of themselves were life changing. His wife and two children rallied around him, endlessly patient with a man who was… Read More »