You ARE great company! Sounds like a plan to me about the settlement amount but I'll just take whatever to be able to put a check by that!! Insane it's taken us this long and still dealing with it! Hopefully this will be the final big hurdle until it comes to them being gone and we have the house issue! UGGGG!!! I'm glad dad was better cause he was pretty loopy Monday! I'm thinking I'll try to come up on his birthday which will be what day? You know I can't ever remember if it's the 16th or the 18th!! Lol love to all, Judy

Ok, Sisters, I finally talked to Michael Smith today! I told him to get me a statement showing what Mom owes so I can compare it to mine. He said that he could get me a bottom line amount AND could get the other one showing all charges and payments if we need it. I told him to give me the bottom line and if they didn't match THEN I'd want the other so I could see how it was the amount he has. I'm suppose to pick that up Fri. I haven't heard anything else from Chad's office and don't think it will matter anyway. I also asked MS (Michael Smith) if they would take a settlement for a certain amount. Of course, he said no. Anyway, I'll know more on Fri. Mom and Dad were ok, today----actually I thought Dad was a little better. He was SO sleepy in the dining room that he kept kind of nodding off. He even kept saying, "I'm so sleepy!" I took him tobacco, razors, jeans and both candy today. I bought Dad a new pair of jeans last month, too. Mon he had NO jeans in his closet and only the pair on his body. Today he had on a pair + had one pair in the closet. Whatever! Mom ate really good at lunch---everything on her plate. A lady---not sure who she was/is---came in and told me they had new orders on Mom and Dad. They're switching Mom's appetite supplement to another that's suppose to have more calories! I said: WHY? She's gained another pound this month! The lady didn't know. She just said that dietary had met yesterday and this was their suggestion/recommendation. For Dad they had a diabetic Ensure (Glecema?) that he could have whenever he asked for it! I'm like, he's never going to ask for that! IF it's not put on a tray or given to him for a snack---well, they might as well not bother! She said well he can have it any time! I explained it again. She said she'd go talk to Becky---Becky had already left for the day---so she was going to check with her tomorrow and then call me! There are two bags of candy--one big and one small---that are at the nurse's station. They both love the candy. If you're there and want to give them one, just ask for it. Dad ate his right down. Mom did, too---you just have to break hers into bite size pieces and feed them to her. Anyway, both of them fell asleep in their chairs in the commons area! LOL! I'm great company! LOL! Love you all, Jeanie

Just got home from visiting with Mom and Dad and it was an ok visit. Mom was literally the same to me except she didn't really say much other than stop or quit. We had one of the girl's cut Mom's fingernails cause they were so long and she had scratched her face today. She has her fingers all clutched too and we got a rolled washcloth in her palm so she wasn't digging into her hand. She ate good at lunch. Dad wasn't eating much when we got there but I took his fork and got him to eat at least half plus ice cream. One of the girl's gave him a piece of a candy bar and coke too!! Lol He really is garbled in his speech and the only thing I know he said really was something about a cigarette! We told him he has a birthday soon and he said "sure nuf?" lol!! We were saying he was going to be 92 and later he told me he was going to be 92 so he remembered. I asked about how many kids he had and he sat there a long time but said 5. Jeanie said that was right cause I had asked how many other kids he had since we told him Ona to get him started! Lol. Moms cough is still not good but maybe she's not coughing as often. Jeanie asked about Dad's weight and they are weighing him in a chair now since the girl said he won't stand for her any more but told us that the weights are different standing vs sitting??? We didn't understand but today in his chair she said he weighed 135! We aren't sure what that would have been standing but they told us that sitting you weigh less because of gravity???Anyway Jeanie said to weigh him sitting from now on then so we could keep upmwith his weight. Mom had gained a pound and weighs 126 they said which seems low! Jeanie asked Debbir about if they had sent a urine specimen in to make sure Dad's UTI is gone and she said it was on her list of to do. Ok I think that's about it! Love to all, Judy

The first time I saw Mom being moved with the sling was very hard on me, too. It was just so in-your-face about how bad Mom is. It is really hard. I hope the breathing treatments are helping. Did the nurse seem to say anything about that? I don't understand Dad not knowing you? Is his UTI worse? Did they get another urine sample? Was he tired? I don't get that at all. Ok, I am going down in the morning--well around noon. Judy is coming up to go with me. I'll try to find out some answers to some of these questions. Love you all, Jeanie

Jerry and I went to see Mom and Dad this morning and it was not a good visit for me.  When we got there they had Mother in a "sling" getting her out of bed into her wheelchair.  It was not something that I enjoyed seeing.  It was just pitiful.  Dad looked good, but he did not know us.  I asked him if he knew who I was and he said no.  I talked to the nurse, but she didn't have a lot to tell me.  She said Mother has 4 breathing treatments a day.   They are just not good.  I don't see how Mother can live much longer.  Needless to say, I cried all the way home!  I also learned that Nikki doesn't work there anymore.
Mother got a letter for jury duty in the mail - yeah, go figure.  Anyway, I went on line and got that taken care of.  I wish she could do jury duty!
On a happier note, Molli and baby Margaret are still doing great.  Three more months!  Her nursery is going to be so cute.  Jerry and I going there on the 28th for the weekend.  Her friends at work are giving her a shower, so I'll be able to be there.  They are both still so excited!  okay, off to get my laundry finished!   love you, pat

Called to check on Mom and Dad and Donna said Mom was kind of quiet today and hadn't eaten much. I asked that she please push liquids and she said she would. Dad had only eaten about 50% today too but he was there at nursing station and drinking his coffee. She said that Mom was still. Getting her updrafts too so hopefully shell be better this week. I'm going to drive up on Monday to see them. I'll post then. Love to all, Judy

Yes hopefully it will clear it! I called and talked to Donna right after I talked to Jeanie and asked her to put a note on chart and to dietary that Mom needed to eat yogurt while taking Cipro and she said she would and that she had eaten Yogurt tonight for supper. Glad dad was better but I do worry about his weight lose. Not good!! Love to all, Judy