Jamie it will be fine to send the card to Jeanie or I either one cause we can buy shirts with it regardless of who does the purchasing. Jeanie is giving Annie the shots but they are at the base of her head--which makes it her shoulders I think??lol --she pinches skin and then does the shot. Annie HATES them with a passion and Jeanie said Bruce was having to hold her head or she was pretty sure Annie would bite her. Sounds like Mom!lol Yes it's hard to believe they will be married 70 years. I found the photos of 60 and thought how much they've changed!! But do you remember that even at 60 Mom didn't ever realize it was their anniversary. I think she thought it was her birthday even then. Bless their little hearts!! They're hanging in there though so you got to give them credit! The Seraquil is the one they give her at night that is suppose to help her sleep I think. Jeanie is going today to see them and I'm sure she'll post in a bit. Love to all!, Judy
Oh and Jamie, Frank got his orders yesterday and they're headed back to Ft. Bliss for the 3rd time unless he can change his MOS or MOD or whatever!!!LOL

Can't believe Mom's biting!! That's scary!! The seraquil is a behavior med or is that the med they want to give her for depression? My question is how is it that the doctor diagnoses Mom depressed? Wouldn't that be based on answers to certain questions?...Like how are you feeling? How is life treating you? How does that make you feel? Are you having thoughts of hurting yourself?.....None of which Mom can answer or understand...I personally think that's a big pile of BS!! It all goes back to sedation and control and vegging her out! Judy, I have a Walmart card in my purse that Jeanie and I found in a box or drawer at Mom's...I had forgotten all about it until I cleaned out my wallet. I need to find out how much is on it and then I can just send it to you so you can purchase shirts for Mom. Sound good? Probably should do something for Mom and Dad for their 70th...WOW!! That doesn't seem real does it? I hope I still like my husband at 30 let alone 70th!!:) Jeanie, so sorry about Annie's shots...do you give them to her in the stomach? Once a day? Poor thing...I hate it for both of you!! I'm on my way to the showers and then bed...it's been a long week and it's only Tuesday.......Love you, Jamie

Okay sisters I'm giving you all a "heads up" because I realized a few days ago that December 25 will be Mom and Dad's 70th wedding anniversary. We had a 50 years celebration and a 60 so do we want to do something? I don't mean anything "big" but maybe a cake and punch for the residents? Maybe buy Mom a corsage and hope she doesn't eat it! YIKES! Okay, maybe NOT that but get those brain cells in gear and let's think about this. Okay, love to all, Judy

Ok, today is Mon and I went to see Mom and Dad today. Mom was SOOOO clean, but she slept the whole time. She was sitting in the dining room. I laughed because I'd shake her and say Mom don't you want to talk to me or see Macie? One time she goes: I'm thinking! LOL! Dad was confused today. He was looking for everyone. When I started telling him where everyone lived, he goes: Oh, they're really scattered out. He also said that he didn't know what to do. He said they'd been talking about going home for a couple of days and then coming back. He said: there's probably no use in that though, is it? I said probably not. Anyway, he did talk to Macie and said she likes her grandpa. She was so sweet and just smiled and smiled at him. I talked to Nikki about Mom and the Seraquel (sp?). She said Mom had been awake all morning and that she (Nikki) didn't think Mom had even taken a nap this morning. I asked about Dad and the antibiotic he was taking for the infection in his lung. She said he was finished with that med and seemed to be doing fine. She did say that most of Mom's shirts had stains on them. I'm sure. I'll try to pick her up some before I go on Wed. I told Judy we could count it as a birthday gift or I can buy them out of her funds. Whatever. Love you all, Jeanie Oh, Annie is now on the shots. She's NOT a happy camper, but that falls in the 'oh, well!' grouping! LOL!

I did call and talked to Nikki about the Seraquil or whatever!lol I told her that we just wanted to try the doubling of that for now and to hold the other medication. We did not want Mom zombied and she said it was not a problem to hold it. Now will that happen???? Who knows. She said Mom was currently eating and Dad was not too happy with the meatloaf today but he was eating some and had eaten a bag of cheetos earlier too. She ate all his breakfast. I asked her about Mom and biting and that none of us knew anything about it except when you feed her. She said she does bite some when she's trying to keep you from dressing her, changing her ect but of course she said that it wasn't malicious and that she just wasn't cognitive enough to know you don't do that. She said that she had bitten a student nurse of some kind who was there training on the breast! Not good Mom!!!lol So we'll see how the coming week goes. Love to all, Judy

Ok, sisters, this is just a quick report. I delivered all the necessary papers to Chad. We'll have to wait and see now what happens next.

On a different note, Debbie called me today from LNC. The psychiatrist came be again today and decided Mom was 'depressed' and prescribed lexapro for her AGAIN! Remember in April when he did this!?! He wants to double her sequeral (sp?) giving it twice a day instead of just once a day as now + add the lexapro. I asked Debbie why? She said Mom had bitten one of the girls and the girl had to get a tetanus shot! She said actually Mom had bitten several girls and punched another! I asked if it was when they were feeding her. She said, no, it's when they're putting her in bed, getting her up, changing her clothes, etc! I haven't heard of any of this lately at all. I told her that we did NOT want Mom zombied out---that there wasn't much communication as it is--and we certainly didn't want less! She said she'd speak to Becky and that I'd probably need to call and talk to Nikki this weekend since Debbie was off this weekend. I will try, but I have company all weekend. Maybe, Judy, you can do that!?! Anyway, I'm not sure where all this will end up with the medication and Mom. Dad, meanwhile, was looking for I-55 the whole time I was talking to Debbie! Good grief! I need a NAP badly! LOL! Love you all, Jeanie OH, Annie started her shots today. She was NOT happy with the one I tried to give her. Hopefully we can work this out! Bless her heart!

Those finances will all work out. We might be giving the $10,000 back but if we do, we do! Bottom line will still be that they're taken care of. I think it sucks that they want the "start" date for us paying private is now instead of Feb, 2010! Hopefully Chad will do his magic and get it all fixed! Love to all, Judy