Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Last of the summer wine
"Last of the Summer Wine" is Richard's favorite show and I did have a lot of them recorded on DVR when we had cable but lost them when we switched to dish and had to return the boxes. I never did figure out how to record to VCR. We don't get the PBS station now that plays the program. So last night...
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
A Hectic Three Days
Doctor appointments all around. Thursday I had to go see my doctor for trigger point injections and that took all afternoon. Friday I had another appointment and the volunteer that was supposed to come and stay with Richard called and canceled. Teena had called and said she would be late and when I...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Pallative Care
We had an outing to the VA today to see Dr. Proctor and get transferred to the Pallative Care Team. It's hospice care with even more. Dr. Proctor used to be a nurse and we had seen her one time before. I was very impressed with her then and even more so now. Her nursing background gives her an...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Energy Savings
Energy Savings Each day starts as the day before. Will I die today? No. As I start the day to feed, bathe and dress him, my own pain creeps up the scale. I look at his paleness an note the wasting muscles and see him whither more each day. Confusion ever growing and hallucinations to match. I'm told...
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Monday, December 15, 2008
well, He's still cleaning out His Closet
Actually, he is just moving the same clothes around the room and rehanging them in the same place. He is OCD about his clothes hangers. They can't be plastic. They must be wire with a sticky card board to hang his pants on. He has been self sufficient and even dressed himself today and shaved...
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