Mom and Dad are doing good I think considering Mom's illness. She's happy and still active and that's a blessing. Dad is doing wonderful! He's taking speech and physical therapy and making a lot of improvement. According to Pat he was at his best today and in fact she said they both were great. The progress with settling their stuff is going but it's been an unbelievable task!!! We have all cried till we think we can't and then something funny would happen and we got through it. It's just so sad to all of us to see our proud and dignified parents and their stuff come to this but we all KNOW there isn't anything else we could do! Them being in the nursing home is the absolute best thing for them without any doubt at all. I'm just anxious to get the sale all done and finished so we can all start to develop some sort of control in our own lives too. Love to all, Judy

Mom and Dad

Hey, it's Thursday morning and there has been nothing on the blog since last Friday. Someone put something on so I'll know how things are going....Jamie's visits to see Mom and Dad, anyone else's visits, progress on the cleaning, and etc. Ona

Mom and Dad were both very good today. I went around lunch and sat with them while they ate. Dad ate all of his and Mom ate more than she normally does. Dad was very lucid today and didn't say anything off the wall. Mother was talking to me and said, "Pat or Jeanie or whoever you are. Where is Jeanie?" and Dad said, "She's in Hawaii." I was very impressed. I also met Dad's therapist and she was very nice. She said Dad does very good with his exercises. I asked Dad what he did and he said a little bit of everything. I asked him if he walked and he said yes. Anyway, they were both good. Michael Smith (the admin.) sat in the dining room through lunch watching everything. I thought that was interesting. I also asked the nurse how Mother had been and she said they had given her a shower and she does not like that. Her cuts were healing well and there was no infection. That's all for now. love you, pat

I went to see Mom and Dad yesterday, but forgot to post it! They were ok. Mom was crazy when I first got there, rattling on and on about some real estate deal or something. It was agitating Dad so I just wheeled them into the eating table, and changed the subject with Mom and she finally got ok. They ate pretty well, and were fine when I left. Pat is going over today. No one will go on Sat., but Pat is going on Sunday. Hope you all are well and have a great weekend. Love, Pam

Mom and Dad are still doing good with eating. I check every morning and Jamie checks at lunch. Pat and Pam are tag teaming suppers on most days by going over and helping to make sure they eat. Dad had 100% this morning and Mom had 25%. She does better some days with some things than others. They did tell me this morning when I called that Mom had yet another skin tear on her arm. I asked how she got it since she had another one earlier this week. The lady said she hit it when she was hitting at the staff for making her get up. Her skin is super easy to tear so I'm not surprised. They said that they had put a bandage and medicine on it and hopefully she'll keep it on! See you all soon, Judy

I, too, went to see Mom and Dad today. I missed Pat by 15 min. Mom and Dad were still sitting at the table, eating. Dad and Mom both knew me. That was good! I got Mom to eat maybe 4 or 5 more bites. I think Pat is right about Dad thinking they were at the casino. Dad told Mom to hurry up, that they needed to leave before dark, and that she was driving!lol After we left the cafeteria, Dad had to go to the bathroom, and evidently soiled his pants. I heard one of the girls say she had to give Mr. Shelton a shower. Anyway, Dad went on the bed, and it was only 6:30. I stayed and wheeled Mom around a little more and when I left she was fine. I hope to go back on Thurs or Fri. Ok, Pat, that joke sounds like it came from Jerry!!lol funny!! Love you all, Pam

I went to LNC today after I got off work at 4:00. I went to pay their monthly fee and of course the bookkeeper had already left. A lady told me that Michael Smith (the Admin.) would be there in about 15 minutes so I went to visit with Mom and Dad while I waited. They both looked good. Dad was confused. I think he thought he was at the casino because he told me that he should've "kept playing poker" and asked me if I worked at the casino. He also asked Mother if they were burying Ernestine tomorrow. Anyway, all in all they seemed fine. Mother kept rattling on and on about something. The nurse gave her a small cup of orange juice while they were waiting on their food and she drank all of it.
Now, for the payment. I talked to Michael and he said Dad didn't owe anything for this month because Medi-care was paying. After you've been in the hospital for 3 nights, Medi-care will pay for their care for a certain period of time. He said it's usually around 30 days. My next question was " does this mean we will have to extend private pay for another month?" He said basically yes, unless we spent that $3,000.00 on something for Dad. I'm really thinking he needs a new diamond ring in my size! hee hee! Jeanie and I will figure it out when she gets home. We may have to call the lawyer and see what we need to do. By the way, Jeanie, Dad's social sec. check came Sat. and I got all the money desposited in their accounts. I also paid Mother's bill. Okay, I'm going to get in the shower - it's been a long day. Oh, one more thing! Jeanie, Michael said you'd get a letter saying that Dad had been discharged - it will be from the medi=care not the nursing home. He said a lot of people panic when they see the word "discharge".
Oh, another thing! I've got a joke for you. These 3 old men were sitting around talking about what they had gotten for Christmas. The first man said, " I got a brand new rifle!" The second man said, "I can top that - I got a brand new riding lawn mower!" They looked at the third man and said, "What did you get?" He said, "I got an SUV!" They were stunned and said "Really?" and he said, "Yep, socks, underwear and Viagra!" hee hee!! love you, Pat