I did go to LNC around noon today. They were already in the dining room eating. Dad was good and ate good. Mother was not good and maybe ate 2 bites. I talked to the RN and she said that Mother was really good earlier until they came to take her vital signs and she got very agitated. She acted like she was so tired. She just basically sat there with her head down. She did know me when I came in though. The nurse also said that mother really needed something to help her agitation. She knew we did not want the Ativan and I asked her if there was something else they could try and that Geodon (sp?) had been mentioned by my neice as a possibility. She said she had never heard of it, but would look it up. She also said that they could try Mother on half the dose of Ativan that they had been giving her which was .5 and they could try half of that. I told her I would have to talk to all of you, but I figured the answer was no. I know they're going to have good and bad days, but it gets very frustrating. The nurse pointed out to me that Dad's left hand was somewhat swollen and it was, but not huge or anything like that. He said it didn't hurt. I looked at Mom's cut and it was pretty bad. It was sort of a semi-circle and they had bandages (they looked like butterflys) along it. The nurse also mentioned that they had put mom on an antibiotic because of the cut. She said Dad was taking only his insulin and an aspirin each day and nothing else. Didn't know if that's what we had decided or not. Anyway, not the best visit, but then we can't always expect the best. love you all, pat