Doug is always happy to see me. But he never remembers my name.
Doug told me his brain was "dislodged" during the Vietnam War. He uses a wheelchair and sometimes forgets his spot at lunch, but he does remember bits and pieces of his life – sometimes in amazing, heartbreaking detail.
During Bingo one Saturday afternoon, he pulled a hair off my shirt.
"I shed all the time," I told him.
"My mother did, too," Doug said. He told me how he’d pull hair after hair from her clothes, and how she used a special shampoo to control it. He thought it might work for me, too.
Doug is very funny. One of my first times helping out at Bingo, I let Doug play two cards. A few other players were not pleased.
"The Bingo Police want me to take a card away," I told him.
"Oh, f-f-f-f …" Doug stammers sometimes, and he knew I thought he was about to curse out a fellow Bingo player.
He grinned and finished. "F-f-f-fudge," he said.
Doug told me his brain was "dislodged" during the Vietnam War. He uses a wheelchair and sometimes forgets his spot at lunch, but he does remember bits and pieces of his life – sometimes in amazing, heartbreaking detail.
During Bingo one Saturday afternoon, he pulled a hair off my shirt.
"I shed all the time," I told him.
"My mother did, too," Doug said. He told me how he’d pull hair after hair from her clothes, and how she used a special shampoo to control it. He thought it might work for me, too.
Doug is very funny. One of my first times helping out at Bingo, I let Doug play two cards. A few other players were not pleased.
"The Bingo Police want me to take a card away," I told him.
"Oh, f-f-f-f …" Doug stammers sometimes, and he knew I thought he was about to curse out a fellow Bingo player.
He grinned and finished. "F-f-f-fudge," he said.
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