TN couple 101 year-old John Carroll and his wife Jerry, who’s 100, just celebrated 80 years of marriage. They have three kids, seven grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. One of their favorite things to do is go to their local McDonald’s every Friday to get a Sausage McMuffin with Egg. Employees recently honored the Carrolls with a special sign under the golden arches celebrating their 80 years together……….. A group of neighbors in England recently rushed into a burning home to rescue an 87-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s who was asleep and unaware of the fire. The two neighbors fought through heavy smoke to find her and help her safely out of the house . . . and they were guided the whole time by the woman’s daughter on a doorbell camera intercom. The daughter says the strangers saved her mother’s life . . . because she only had minutes to escape. (Here’s a news report.)……………And finally…………..
Alexandra Adams just became the first doctor that was born both deaf and blind. She says the biggest obstacle was not her disabilities, which also include an immune disorder requiring the use of oxygen, but other people’s assumptions about what she could and couldn’t do. Alexandra uses adaptive technology like a Bluetooth-enabled stethoscope connected to her hearing aids, and other tools like radio aids, special bleeps or pagers that either vibrate or alarm via a personal phone. She now hopes to specialize in geriatric care.