I made it to Jonesboro! yeaaaa!~ As for how Mom and Dad were the answer has to be just ok. Mom has just gone down hill as far as awareness by leaps and bounds just since I was here last which was just a few weeeks ago. I never did really get her to open her eyes more than just slits. She did open them maybe halfway for Dad once when she looked up and said "Oh hi hon" to Dad and smiled at him. Later on she did the same to Dad and did say Hi Precious to me or someone at least once too. Her clothes were all back in her closet today which was good but she looked like an orphan in somebody's clothes but not her own. It was beyond tacky! Jeanie took several more ugly clothes out and wadded them up in the bottom of her closet and will get a walmart bag and pitch them on the next visit. Eventually Mom will have only clothes that are good in there! Dad seemed kinda out of it today. Not really any worse than he has been though I don't think but Jeanie said she thought his speech was worse. He had just woke up when we got there and I'm not sure he even knew who we were at first. He did name all of his girls for me and he did ask me "where did jeanie go" when she went to the office. He talked to some woman he called Judith and I was afraid he thought she was me and I was going to have a fit cause she was old and ugly!!!LOL He did make some normal sentences about things though. Both ate really good. They DID puree Mom's meat though and thickened her liquids. At the same time they gave her scalloped potatoes and a pile of mixed vegetables that had big hunks of onions, squash, carrots, etc in it! The young aide said that she didn't blame us for not wanting her stuff pureed and it was our decision. I told her that our decision was NO to the puree. The thickened liquids seemed to work out ok for her though. The girl said she had eggs, biscuits and stuff for breakfast today though so nothing was pureed at that meal. We'll just have to see if that continues. Jeanie said she would watch it and then would say something if everything turns to puree! Jeanie asked Debbie to watch Dad too for signs of a UTI because of the slurred speech and disorientation. Michael Smith wanted to talk to Jeanie and wanted to see where we were as far as the medicaid/private pay situation. He knew Mom's had been approved and had even gotten paid from Medicaid! yea to that!!! The final amount for us to come up with and pay won't be known until after the appeal on June 23. Instead of "start your engines", the byline is "have your money ready"!lol Pat it was good to see you at TJM! Please feel free to stop by and spend the night on your way to Texas to see Ona/Randall. Jamie I'm so excited for your move here soon and we told Dad today that you would be here before too long! On a good note, Brittney and Frank were finally offered another house at El Paso because his first sargeant called and talked to them and said she wanted them in a house so Frank can go to school at the end of the month. They are scheduling their stuff to be delivered to the house hopefully on June 2. It's an older house but has been renovated and has lots of storage and a big flat yard for the boys to play. I love it!! Okay, that's it. Jeanie is calling me to eat!lol Love to all, Judy