To fill prescriptions, Darrington residents drive 56 miles
DARRINGTON — When Kathy Gatherer leaves her frail husband at home for a long time, she feels anxious. He can barely walk.
Since the town’s only pharmacy closed in July, Gatherer has to drive over an hour to Arlington just to get prescriptions.
“What happens if he falls down and I’m not here to help him up? He falls a lot,” Gatherer said. “Does he just lay there until I get back?”
Gatherer misses their home delivery service from the Darrington Pharmacy and the emails notifying her when her prescriptions were ready. A pharmacy clerk even helped her program her phone once.
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That is life outside the cities. I live closer to a pharmacy than that but I don't have any Rx needs so that's not a thing for me but I know that people who live down the road have to drive that far for RX, food and gas or anything else.
I wonder why she can't have the same kind of service at a pharmacy in the next town? Can't they send Rxs? Can't they send her notices via text?
