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2/17/09

Walkers – New Knees - Step Light - Nightlights

You never bought a night light before in your life? Why should I? They’re excellent to have all over the parent’s house. Note that there are different wattage bulbs to consider, and they burn out too, yet are replaceable, some are point-able, on all the time, or they come on in the dark automatically. It may seem like a trivial thing, but try it you’ll like it.
Nightlights give independence to the parent. If there is knee replacement as part of the picture, success can be greater or lesser part of falling waters if you get my drift. Imagine their situation: often two, three, four times in one night they need to use the loo in the dark of the night, it can be worse than a new born infant crying every two hours to be fed. Before they unfold the walker, using it for support to rise up from the bed, once risen the move forward can be lit gently for them. The nightlights help orient them to any ‘stuff’ left in the pathway too.
As the tending House Daughter or Son, you awake in the night to this same request. The chair you have been sleeping in has caught you off-guard. It’s not your house, not your normal surroundings. And who is sensible in their footstep when sleep deprived? Oh sure, you may have stashed a few bonus points in heaven but remember your own toes cracking on their furniture as you make a path to the bathroom. Then there’s avoiding the pet, the parents slipper, and the blanket that fell off the bed, you hope you do not to trip over anything else, or you might need new knees. Spend the money and buy lots and lots of nightlights (and replacement bulbs).

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