When my mother was in the hospital, we could never expect to see the

same nurse twice, so I taped a sign to the wall above my mother's bed:



        Do not crush Mrs. Foster's

        Sinemet CR tablet.

        Also, please check that she has

        swallowed each medication.

        Thank you.



Before the sign went up, I had discovered a nurse had been crushing

Sinemet CR and placing it in applesauce (because mother was groggy and

they were trying to help her swallow).  Also, on two days, I had found

slightly dissolved tablets (drugs other than Sinemet) under her bed.



Lynne