I AM SORRY I HAVE NOT UPDATED YOU MORE ON MOM...I AM NOT SURE IF THESE PICTURES ARE FAIR TO HER...SEEING HER AS SHE HAS AGED. I TRIED TO FIND SOME NICE ONES..BUT LETS FACE IT..MOM IS NOW 97 AND 1/2...IS IN GOOD HEALTH..EXCEPT...FOR HER MEMORY...AND LETS BE GLAD SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW SHE HAS AGED..BUT SHE IS STILL BEAUTIFUL IN OUR EYES!
HERE IS MOM IN HER BIG WHITE HAT ON HER BIRTHDAY AT GERI'S...
AND THEN WE TOOK A PICTURE OF ALL THE ' GIRLS'...GERI'S MOM IS IN THE MIDDLE..I ALWAYS ENJOY SEEING "GEORGIE'...SUCH A GRACEFUL WOMAN.
ONE OF MY FAVORITES. I PUT IN A LILY POND WITH AN ANGEL FOR MOM TO SIT AND WATCH..AND THIS IS MOM PUTTING WATER IN THE POND...SUCH WONDERFUL DAYS TOGETHER
BUT HERE IS MOM FALLING ASLEEP IN HER CEREAL...FOR THE LIFE OF ME I COULD NOT GET HER TO LOOK UP...BUT DOES SHE EAT? OH YEAH!!!! MOM EATS MOST ANYTHING..ESPECIALLY ICE CREAM
HER IS MOM PEDALING IN HER SMART LOOKING SOCKS. HOSPICE SAYS MOST CHILDREN CARING FOR AN ELDERLY PARENT WILL LET THEM STAY IN BED ALL DAY..NOT HERE. SHE IS UP BY 10:30..AND SHE CAN PEDAL UP TO 100..AND COUNT!!!
THAT SAID....THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AROUND 4 MONTHS AGO AND NOW ITS HARD TO GET HER TO PEDAL...BUT SHE STILL CAN..SHE JUST SAYS ' I DONT' WANT TO AND I DONT' HAVE TO DO ANYTHING I DONT' WANT TO DO'. THOSE ARE HER EXACT WORDS.!
WHEN WE GET OUR 5 DAYS EACH MONTH FROM HOSPICE ..WHERE WE CAN SEND MOM TO A HOME ...WE ARE CHOOSEY. THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE WE WILL SEND HER...YOU CAN SEE ITS NOT JUST A 'HOME'. ITS GORGEOUS. AND HERE IS MOM GETTING HER HAIR DONE THERE......WE DON'T USE OUR 5 DAYS EVERY MONTH BECAUSE SHE CAN ONLY GO HERE IF THERE IS AN OPENING..NO OPENING..MOM STAYS HOME.
JOHN SAYS HE WOULD LOVE TO STAY HERE WHEN HE GETS OLDER..THE ROOMS ARE HUGH..TV IN EVERY ONE...LARGE ISLES...MARBLE FLOORS...ITS ONLY ABOUT 8K A MONTH..OR MORE. BUT I TRUST THIS PLACE..SO THIS IS ONLY PLACE MOM GOES...OR ELSE SHE IS AT HOME.
THIS IS A CUTE..AND SAD PICTURE. SAD BECAUSE..MOM NOW HAS FRIENDS..AND SHE TALK TO THEM ALL DAY! SO ON THIS DAY...SOMEONE ..OF HER FRIENDS..HAD A BLUE HAT...SO MOM WANTED A BLUE HAT. AND NO MATTER HOW WE TRIED TO GET HER TO THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE..SHE WANTED A BLUE HAT. SO I FOUND ONE..I PUT IT ON HER..AND IMMEDIATELY..SHE WAS QUIET..JUST ENJOYING HER BLUE HAT.
MEDICARE GIVES ME 40 HOURS A WEEK OF HELP..AND THIS IS LOIS. LOIS HAS BEEN MOMS CAREGIVER FOR OVER 2 YEARS. SHE COMES EACH MORNING AND GETS MOM UP..WASHES HERE ETC..AND COME BACK AT 6 TO PLAY CARDS WITH MOM AND PUT HER TO BED...LOIS IS 80!!!
SO NOW WE ARE GETTING TO WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW MOM HAS AGED SINCE HER BIRTHDAY..HERE SHE HAS NO TEETH. WHEN SHE TAKES HER TEETH OUT...SHE AGES 10 YEARS!! I AM NOT KIDDING. SO WHY DOES SHE TAKE THEM OUT? SHE WILL SAY ' THEY ARE NOT MINE'. SO WE JUST GIVE HER SOFT FOODS UNTIL SHE PUTS THEM BACK IN......AT 97 MOM IS STILL IN CONTROL!!!!
AND LOEKE. YOU HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF LOEKE BEFORE. MOMS CAT. LOEKE IS ABOUT 14 YEARS OLD..SO AS OLD AS MOM. SHE WILL NOT LEAVE MOMS SIDE WHEN MOM IS IN BED...HER PAW IS SOMEWHERE ALWAYS ON MOM. DURING THE DAY SHE STAYS IN MOMS ROOM..JUST WAITING FOR HER TO RETURN...ITS PURRRRRRRR LOVE!!!!
SO I PROMISE TO KEEP UP THIS BLOG MORE OFTEN...AS I WRITE THIS MOM IS HERE IN THE OFFICE WITH ME...TELLING ME SHE WANTS TO GO HOME..WE TELL HER SHE IS HOME..BUT SHE KEEPS SAYS ' I WANT TO GO HOME' OR SHE WILL SAY ' RUDY COME AND GET ME'. THE BEST PART IS SHE DOESN'T REALLY KNOW WHERE SHE CAME FROM...THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT ALZHEIMERS OR DEMENTIA...I WOULD HATE FOR HER TO KNOW............
THANKS FOR CARING ABOUT MOM!!
