blog upkeep,

  I wont be doing much video in the blog unless I figure out how to get a screen I am able to see. Today after seeing the dr yesterday I have an extremely hard time reading the text. It is small to begin with but I could read it ok with a magnifying glass.  I have been able to read my phone text with my reading glasses. If a simple looking into the retina causes some vision loss what will removing the cataracts do no matter how gently he is doing it. 

I was disgusted today Kay's place smelled so bad.  She was the cause but even after cleaning her up and changing her bed still was not enough.  I don't think the care giver removed all she could have removed.  That can not be permitted in a small space.  My complaint now is that the caregivers have become slovenly and careless again about keeping her room livable.  Tom and I about a year ago raised the roof about keeping smelly items picked up.  The lady in the adjoining room contributes  to it quite a bid as she apparently wont let them change her but that can be helped when I am there by closing the door.  I knew then it would be hard to keep caregivers motivated. They are around it all the time and are so used to it they must become inured and dont think about it.  With big print I can type but must start in  dalylight I am not a touch typist. 

     

Thanksgiving with Bob and Kay

 We had a very nice visit with Kay.  Bob and I.  He got here a little late. They told me she was in a bad mood and was not properly dressed.  I had called ahead and asked they get her dressed so we could take her out for lunch.  When I saw her she was sitting in the community room with the others and had on a real concoction of things.  A blouse (OK)  Another blouse or outer garmet not too bad but then she had put these over her  night gown of which I am not sure was hers.  Seems to me she had something else but I don't remember what.  These were over a pair of ugly pants I don't remember seeing before.  She had no shoes, or socks on.  Just barefoot.  She is real short of shoes and slippers but has plenty of socks. Up until a couple days ago she had a pair of attractive slippers or maybe they were slip on shoes. But now there is only one left the other disappeared   She has  just one pair of slippers.  This thing happens all  the time I am sure.  I can be in the room with her and hear the door from the hall opening and you would think it would be a caregiver coming in to do something but most likely it is some lost patient opening the door.  I cant see who is opening the door from where we are.  That is how Kay winds up in other rooms and beds. Lost.  They tell me she walks a lot.  Yesterday she seemed real feeble and I wonder how she does.  This is a big negative about this place.  All they have to do when alone is walk these halls.  No naturally lit areas.  They are making do as well as they can with the size of the property but I don't like this having no place to be of a pleasant nature. It hurts me to think of Kay having to be in such   confined quarters. Every day when I see her I have to leave her in this condition. 

As it would not do to  take her out in this condition I thought I would try my hand at getting her into proper attire.  So with the Caregevers help I started encouraging Kay to get the blouses off so we could get a brassier on her the build from there.  It took some encouragement but she did it.  At one time I told the caregiver to step back and let me get some of the clothes on her because Kay seemed to resist what the caregiver was trying to do. Kay's resistance to the Caregiver was not where  I thought she had something about this particular because of the way the caregiver treated her.  Maybe it was just the mood Kay was in.  But anyway we finally got her properly dressed and I combed her hair which she never resists me doing. Darn, I accidentally brought her comb home with me.  I had recently taken two there as she seemed to be out.  I had recently brought two because she never seemed- to have a comb.  I immediately left the comb out somewhere and it disappeared quickly.  But I had this one left which I kept in a drawer by her bed.  Patients from other rooms do  not seem to go into drawers in night stands.    

I brought Kay downstairs and we went looking for OCB but wound up at iHops instead.  I had boB take some pictures and I will show them but I need to decide about them  yet.

She is not laughing out

loud just responding to Bobs request for a big smile.

I wanted to go to the Old Country Buffet but there was such a long line we decided to look around for something else.  We found an iHops not closed and not too busy so stopped there.   There is more to tell but I have to stop now I have only been at this for an hour and a half I guess.  I will post the video tomorrow.  Two old people with walkers.  Very exciting.