Ok, I went to see Mom and Dad today (Monday). I just couldn't get them off my mind. Anyway, I am SO glad I went. I waited until I knew they'd be just finishing up lunch. They were in fact coming out of the dining room as I was walking down the hall! Talk about good timing! Anyway, Dad was pushing Mom's wheelchair like they were a train. He was NOT good today, but I think his was exhaustion! He didn't look good and certainly didn't sound good. I literally couldn't understand much he said---something about Gideon Anderson and something about blood work and redoing it for ?????????????????. He fell sound asleep sitting there, and they took him to bed. He was sleeping with his mouth wide open when I went in to say bye! Mom, on the other hand was more like she's been! FINALLY! She wasn't wonderful----those days are gone----but she was more alert and with it. She asked me who I was, and when I told her I'd come to see her---she was SO glad! She called Dad her precious----well she called another man that, too, after they put Dad in bed! LOL! I was showing her pics in a magazine and said this one looks like Ona. It was a pic about the time of WWII and they were dressed like the ones of Mom and Ona from that period. Anyway, she goes: REALLY? My daughter Ona!?! She was so thrilled acting! Hey, that's good for you, Ona! On the other side of that coin, I was trying to make conversation and told her Bruce was driving to Little Rock today. She got this really worried startled look on her face and sat up really straight. She goes: Bruce died! I'm like NO, He's fine! Good, she says! Was it his wife who died!?! I'm like, no, she's fine! LOL! She'd already asked me who I was and I'd told her I was her daughter Jeanie. LOL! She did say she loved me! LOL! I hear her tell that to the workers, too. Anyway, after they put Mom to bed, I asked the workers if they thought Mom was worse. None of them did! I told them about how bad she was all last week, and Debbie said she did have a bad week last week! You think!?! Anyway, they all thought that both of them were really spry to be 90! Debbie said Dad still had some swelling but not much. He's still a little hoarse. His blood sugar was like 130 something. Anyway she said she'd faxed info on him twice to the doc and hadn't heard anything back yet. She's waiting for Mom to finish this antibiotic before getting another stool sample, too. OH, I told/asked Mom about getting her hair cut. She said yes, it needed it! Anyway, all in all I was so glad I'd gone today. I needed to see a little more than what I saw all last week. They also said Mom had been up since breakfast, too. Dad on the other hand had had a nap after breakfast and fell asleep talking to us after lunch! Hey, it was a much better visit than anything I had last week! Mom's still weak acting and her eyes are full of matter like they do, but at least she was awake and understood some of the things I said! Ok, off to walk Annie! Love you all, Jeanie