Saturday with Kay

 Normal visit today.  The only thing new is that she seems to need increased personal attention  That was expected sometime in the future.   Looks like the future is now. I called the caregiver to take care of her but it works better if I help.  Sad to see her in this condition.  Like many in this condition they resent being handles by someone else.  Usualy she will listen to me but not always.  

She did not eat all her pudding today.  They might be giving her food she prefers and also in the form she likes better than Puree. 

When  left she was at the elevator and the care giver helping me leave her suggested Kay wave goodbye to me from the window.  That worked well as Kay and the caregiver waved to me when I got to the ground floor.  Nice of the caregiver to think of that.  

Kay at Cascade

 Long wait for shuttle today so the visit to Kay was fairly short.  I found her walking the halls and took her to the iron furniture and gave her a pudding, truffle most of a banana and half a graham cracker.  then  took her out to the front yard and we sunned ourselves for a while. There I had a guy take our picture for the epic nearly finished.  We went back inside and we watched the TV until a time to go.  We were busy every minute of the visit.

Tuesday Visit

 Relatively shirt visit today account of transportation.  Kay seemed about the same.  She needed cleaning up by the caregiver.  I suppose this is normal for her mental development at this stage.   She ate a pudding, truffle and a graham cracker.  She did not eat all of the pudding.  All but a couple small bites. We went outside to sit in the sun then back to her room then home.  She did not seem concerned about my leaving.   

Good ews today

 There is good news tonight.  Kay has gained 2 or 3 pounds this past week on her new eating schedule.  Today she weighed 90.8 pounds.  that is up from 85 a week ago when I weighed her.   So taking into consideration clothing she should have gained 2 or 3 pounds.  They took her off the puree diet and started seasoning her food.  I suggested some foods she would normally eat but I don't know if they are actually giving them to her.  But the point is she is gaining weight.  You can argue with me on the amount but I don't think there is any doubt she is gaining weight.  The clothes she wore today looked like about the same amount she had on the last time. One of the caregivers today said she ate well at lunch but she really tore into the pudding before I could get the spoon to her.  She acted like she was very hungry.  I don't put a lot of faith in what a caregiver tells me in some subjects because I think they are programed to give one kind of answer to certain questions and how a patient eats is one of them.  Besides that I got there just about an hour after her meal.  Sunday transportation was quick today.  We hung out together today until a half hour or so before time to go when we went to the activity room to sit with the others.  I had to leave her there which was not easy for me.  She seemed to take it ok.  She hasn't kissed my had the last couple days or did she seem to want to kiss me goodbye.  I take note of these things trying to anticipate if there is anything  she is losing.  That would indicate a change in her mental state I would think.