Sunshine

Yesterday Lynne and Harry drove Annie to the radiologist appointment. They will be taking her tomorrow morning to the radiologist for a treatment. One treatment. Thanks for doing that, guys, she really appreciates it and so do we.

Getting Mom out of the house felt good, when she isn't here, more can be accomplished in the maintenance of the household. I contacted the notary public here in town and she is going to be coming by this afternoon, most likely. Julie came up with the new recliner chair and Jack, Julie and I had a fun time bringing it upstairs on the new chair lift. Apparently, the thing is not only for ferrying humans. Bill Debendorf arrived just in time to help too and to give Annie a good book to read.

Mom likes her new chair, but did have a bout of sadness at not having enough strength to push it back into the recline position without assistance.

She ate most of a bowl of rice, advocado and parsley for dinner. Nancy came and gave her an acupressure treatment, which seemed to make her feel good. She fell asleep in her new chair and we left her sleeping there for at least an hour maybe longer.

Julie reported to me that Annie woke her up at 11pm, 2am and then 7am. With nausea, each time taking the tincture to relieve it. She had a rough night but did sleep from 2am til 7am, which is better then the night before. She is feeling very weak today. Also, she has not really eaten today because she is suffering from a bad stomach ache. I made her some juice around 10 am. She drank most of it.

Cathy, the hospice nurse is with her now. They were talking, and Annie doesn't always give accurate information. Keep in mind that her information is not always going to be accurate. Also, when you call to say hi to her, maybe don't ask her too much about her health, but talk about something completely unrelated like politics or art or cats or something. It's good to get her mind on other things. If you have questions regarding her current state of health, please consult the blog or call one of her kids, our numbers are listed on this blog.

I just wanted to put it out to people reading this that if you are planning on spending the night or some time with Annie to help in her care giving, you should call or email Silas about it. Or post on here in the comment section and Silas will add your name to the calendar. It's ok to spend time with her while someone else is here, it makes it easier and more fun too. Also, please refrain from asking Annie about the schedule, it just stresses her out and she is not going to give you the accurate information anyway.

Also, people who are spending time over here with her, it's great to encourage her to go downstairs and sit in the studio and draw while the sun is shining in. It's really nice for her to get a change of scenery and she is not going to always think of it or want to ask. She doesn't always speak up about things that she might like. Ask her if she wants to listen to music, play cards, draw in her sketchbook, write in her journal or drink some juice.

The juicer, again, is not that hard to operate, it ain't rocket science, folks. Keep in mind that when she isn't able to eat solid foods, fresh juice (vegetable, fruit or a mixture) is the one way that she is going to get the nutrients she needs. I am going to make a diagram on how to assemble and operate the juicer so the technologically challenged amoung us can refer to it. I will also make some recipe suggestions. We are keeping the fridge stocked with good juicable produce for your juicing pleasure.

Thanks everyone for being such great support.