Life in a Day

Just letting everyone know that Rick is doing very well, I am very happy with his progress. He is now walking with his walker and out of the wheel chair.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

It has been a very busy time for us. We have had a lot of up's and down's. Rick came down with pneumonia, which has been a long time in healing. He was in the hospital for four days. He's been really weak. The next morning after getting home from the hospital, he fell out of bed. Back in the ER, they found 2 broken ribs. So he has had a very rough time. However, yesterday, he was finally back to using his walker and walked the length of the house. He has started to eat more.

So far we haven't filled our empty bed (left vacant when Helen left) That is causing a bit of a stress, but I know that when it is meant to happen the right person will come in. Everyone else is doing very well.

I have started to write this many times and I just haven't been able to finish it. I guess I just need to spit it out.

We are going through some major changes here. The first is that my husband and I have separated. We have simply grown apart after all these years.  Nothing in regard to our family home and elder care is changing because of this. I am still going to run the home as I always have. I do love this job and I wouldn't let my people down. What's more, I now have more help than ever before, so that I can get away from time to time.

It has become a very busy time for us here. We are doing some fall cleaning. We had a big dumpster brought in, and I'm cleaning up what has become piled up around the house and yards.

Yesterday while I was cleaning, all three ladies came out and sat with me. They thought they could help by showing what I needed to pick up. It was a lot of fun. It was one of those rare nice days that we have on the beach. When they come you have to do as much as possible because we only get one of those in a row.

Well I must say that things are going very well.

The new man, Rick, moved in last Tuesday. He is very nice, although he does have a little dementia, but don't we all, at times? His dog, Annie, is great. She is starting to warm up to all of us, but she sticks pretty close to Rick, especially when he isn't feeling very well.

Things are going really well. We are getting the new guy. His family is so very nice, I think that it will be a perfect fit. He also has a little dog that he is going to bring with him.

Usually we have to wait a month before we get someone new; this just goes to show that this person is meant to be here.

We have bad news here. Burt is not doing very well at all. He is slowly slipping away.

He has stopped eating anything, and he is now on oxygen, so I think that we only have a few days left with him.

This is just a short note I have so much to do but I wanted to let you all know.

On Wednesday the Ombudsman came out to see Pat, both Pat and Helen were in their room. I talked to her for a minute, told her that everything was still the same; Pat was still packed, and she still hadn't told me anything about any of it. So the Ombudsman went to the room to talk to the ladies. Well it was about 30 minutes later when Helen came out, and I could tell that she was a little upset, she came to the kitchen counter where I was making lunch for them, and she said "she is full of crap" she couldn't believe that Pat was saying bad things about us and that she was still on the kick that she is going home.