I went to see mom and dad today (Tuesday). Dad was in the dining room getting ready for his tray---mom's still confined to her room, I suppose, because that's where she was waiting for her tray! I spoke to dad and then went to sit with Mom. She was just sitting there talking to herself. She kept talking about beautiful things and her home, etc. I finally asked her if she loved beautiful things and she said yes and had big tears roll down her face. She kept mentioning home and her things, etc. I felt so sorry for her today. I did get her to eat---they'd left off her yogurt and ice cream and coffee---but she ate all her peanut butter and jelly sandwich, roll, jellow with fruit and a few bites of chicken, fried okra and baked beans. She did drink all her tea and all her water. I left Mom and went back to check on Dad. He didn't eat much of his lunch, but he was finished. When I got him back to their room, Mom says, there's my precious. I love him. He's the sweetest person. It was both so sweet and so sad. Dad said they needed to get her home because Mom was worn out. He told her to be sure and get all her things out of the closet. Anyway, today just really got me. It was just such a sad thing for both of them as far as I could see/tell. I looked at them both and just hated the whole situation and understood it, too. Mom was talking today at least. She just didn't make a lot of sense and did at the same time,too. Anyway, I hated to leave, yet couldn't stay! On another note, Michael Smith (the administrator) told me that we were going to get a BIG bill for ambulance service because we used Emerson---that we had requested it. I'm like--no--I didn't request any particular one. He said that we'd said we only used Emerson. I'm like no! Becky stood up then and said it was Maude Shelton --not Margaret Shelton that had used Emerson. Moral of this story is: we need to ONLY use Medic One whether going to or from the hospital. LNC has a contract with them for $35 each trip whereas with Emerson the bill would be $625! YIKES!!!! The did start Mom on an antibiotic for her c-dif, and Dad's ankles weren't swollen today. That was good. I'm going to see about getting Mom's haircut when she gets out of her room. The girl told me, too, that she needed some more razors for Dad. She said that Dad complained about the razor pulling on his beard after it was used once or twice. I got Gillette 3 blade disposable razors and will try another brand to take to them Thurs. If this doesn't help the situation, I'll just buy him an electric razor. She said that would be fine. She can use them on him. Anyway, that's it for today. Hopefully, Thurs will be better. I just don't like the sad, home talking, pitiful stuff. I told Judy, I know this sounds awful, but I wish they both REALLY knew everything going on or didn't know anything at all about it. This inbetween stuff is just so hard to hear! I know that's the chicken's way out for me. Sorry to be so weak! Love you all, Jeanie