I was thinking on the way home from visiting Marv yesterday about how small children, when you don’t see them for a few days or even a week, seem to change so rapidly and make noticeable progress. The reverse is true of the folks in the assisted living home. In just a few days time the decline in several residents is so fast.
Dee, who broke her hip in the last few weeks and had surgery is no longer chirping away. Instead she mostly sleeps and to see her sleeping is a bit scary as you can imagine she is not long for this world.
Irene fell into her closet and they had to drag her out all tangled in clothes and belongings. Then the required trip to the hospital in an ambulance. Her shoulder is all banged up and will most likely require surgery.
Les and Regina spend a good deal of time sitting out on the deck. Les stares blankly out into space or at a paper in front of him while Regina yammers away.
Ruth, after the initial contact, has gone back to sleeping.
Shelley has moved to the new home.
Marv is still the most active and he seems happy and content. When I walked in, he said, “Oh, hi sweetheart. How did you get here?” Then he gave me a great big hug and just kept hugging me which was nice. He always tries to introduce me to the gals and we go through the motions for him.
Monday was the visit with Marv’s brother, Sterling and his family. Sterling told him several times, “I’m your brother, Sterling.” Marv would just look confused and shake his head no. After about three times, Marv looked at him and said, “You know, you look a lot like my brother Sterling.”
We all had a great laugh over that one. So things are somewhat settled and not too much going on but a nice comfort has been reached, I think.
See ya next time.
