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Keeping The Rich Full Of It

Aug 30, 2018
by Caroline Miller
dehydration, hydration treatments for the rich, Jamie Rosen, taking nutrients through the veins, The Main Line
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I know what dehydration means, especially among the old.  More than once, I’ve sat in a local hospital’s emergency room while my ancient mother has needles stuck in her veins to restore bodily fluids.  She never was good at drinking water.  A cup or two of heavily sugared tea is her  habit, and rarely does she finish those.

Being called to the hospital on a dark and stormy night isn’t an experience that tempers my patience.   “Drink your water, M-o-o-th-er!  Please.”  She makes a face when I hand her a full glass,  as if I’m offering cod liver oil. It would serve her right, if I did.  Cod liver oil was her favorite remedy for most of my childhood maladies.

Sadly, I know I’m not the only son or daughter to have water fights with a parent.  I wish I had a solution to share.  I don’t.   The best I can offer is to slap a smile on your face as you enter the  emergency room at 3 a. m.

The wealthy take a different attitude toward hydration.  Mere water isn’t enough.  Nor would they be caught dead in a hospital.  They prefer a private nurse to arrive at their yacht or villa with a  kit of vitamins and minerals ready to dispense intravenously.  They imagine shooting this concoction into the veins has a greater effect than swallowing pills.  (“The Main Line,” by Jamie Rosen, Town and Country, September 2018, pg. 104)

Demand for hydration treatments is so great,  professionals make house or hotel calls in almost every major U. S. city.  Happily, the treatment is  good for hangovers, as well. Certainly, those  who “imbibe” swear by the habit.  One regular vows she arises from her velvet settee each time feeling “nourished,” and “whole.”  (Ibid pg. 104.)  

As for me, I’d prefer a hot fudge sundae. A sundae, even a strawberry one — if you must have fruit —  will make you “whole” and has the added benefit of leaving no needle marks.

 

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  1. Chris August 30, 2018 at 5:52 pm Reply
    Many of us have experienced this very same difficulty of successfully encouraging our aging parents to stay hydrated. Thinking this link may lead to a promising and fun way to encourage our loved ones to "eat" enough water. These Jelly Drops are colorful, are treated like finger food and are pretty enough to be absolutely irresistible to even the pickiest senior. Perhaps with our encouragement these edible water filled, jelly-drops will be available soon. https://mymodernmet.com/lewis-hornby-jelly-drops/
    • Caroline Miller August 30, 2018 at 8:00 pm Reply
      Thank you for the information.
      • Caroline Miller September 7, 2018 at 9:42 am Reply
        Yes, I found it fascinating, too. We humans are mysterious critters.

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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.

Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015

Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens.  She also published the story Gustav Pavel,  a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.

Caroline has published four novels

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  • Trompe l’Oeil
  • Gothic Spring
  • Heart Land

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