I went to see Mom and Dad today and both are pretty sick. Mom was asleep in her wheelchair in the dining room when I got there and never opened her eyes through lunch, after lunch or when they were putting her to bed! I kept pushing on her to right her in the wheelchair and all the time trying to spoon ice cream into her mouth! Nikki had given her tylenol for her fever. She also has a cough and a runny nose!!!! Her temp was 100.7 the last time Nikki took it before lunch. Dad looked awful! He was so pale and had a runny nose and was SO disoriented! He finally ate a cup of ice cream and most of his cookie---that's it for lunch. NO BREAKFAST! I told them that that is the sign he's really not feeling good! They did give him his med last night and had given it to him this morning. He'll get another dose at 8 tonight. I told Nikki that she might want to check his sugar and consider not giving him his insulin shot tonight since he's basically eaten nothing today. I told her he does better when it's around 150 than he does if it's low! Anyway, when they finished what they'd eat at lunch, I asked that they be put to bed. Judy called tonight and they were up in the dining room and the lady told her Dad was picking up his sandwich as if to eat. Judy's going to call back down there again to check on how much he ate, and I'll call before bedtime to check on them again. I also talked to Michael Smith today, too. He was actually really nice. He said that I was to understand that removing them was not his intentions. That's the protocol (sp?) that LNC goes through. He said that we really did need to pay something on Mom's to show good faith because at the end of DHS's study, she would owe SOMETHING. You can not remove them with Medicaid pending, but you can for non payment. I'll check with Chad on that and see if I need to pay something. Won't be much because Mom has basically NO income. I got another letter from DHS today about Dad's application. They only wanted two pieces of info: proof of using the GenAm checks for Dad's care and an explanation of two deposits into his Miller's Trust acct! I'll give those to Beth tomorrow. I have both of those covered. If that's the last info they need, then they'll have 45 days AFTER they receive that to render a decision. Mom's should be coming anytime now, I'm thinking. Ok, I'm making chili for Bruce and eating cookies for me! LOL! Great trade-off if you ask me! LOL! Love you all, Jeanie Oh, Jamie, I checked on motels in Murray. Holiday Inn doesn't take pets. Days Inn does. It was nice when Ryan was at Murray----no idea now!!!!!!!!!! ramptime