Supplements and Pills
I just received email from the wellness nurse saying they found supplements (cod liver oil and melatonin), and five unidentified pills in mom’s room. She wrote me chapter and verse that mom isn’t allowed to have these things as they manage her meds. Being 10000% in agreement, I wrote back letting her know I discovered […]
Voice Mail From Mom
At 8:15 last night mom left the following voice mail: “Hi Sweetheart, It’s mom. I’m here, here in (pause) town at the AL community. I had a doctors appointment and stayed over a couple of days, and I don’t know did we make arrangements about my getting back or whatever. I’ll, of course, be here […]
December 2018 Island Trip – Day Three
I met, briefly, a pair of sisters who are looking for a rental. They’ll discuss and let me know. I walked back to my friend’s, packed up and headed to the ferry. I arrived home to cat barf (thanks a lot), went through the mail, unpacked enough, and took my usual decompression nap. Over backgammon […]
December 2018 Island Trip – Day Two, Part Two
I helped clean up the scary mess from the tree removal. The fellow who did the work for me was in so much pain that he could rake for about 7-minutes before he needed to sit down in his truck and wipe the sweat off of his face. When I asked if his back hurt, […]
December 2018 Island Trip – Day Two, Part One
It’s not even mid-day, and the house has tossed me another curve ball. What I thought was the horrible stain from years of smokey fires over the fireplace reasserting itself, through six coats of paint, turns out to be a leak. The once and again property manager can take a look on Wednesday afternoon, by […]
December 2018 Island Trip – Day One
Lots of details were addressed today. Some big, some not so much. Upon arriving on the Island, I drove to the alternative market. It’s far more comprehensive than the main market, and is more affordable. Funny thing is that both grocery stores on the Island are owned by the same person. My target market was […]
Island Bound
I leave way too early for the Island tomorrow morning. It will be, thankfully, a short trip to facilitate patching the chimney (after making it impossible for any remaining bats to return to their roost after they exit for bug foraging tomorrow evening), and removing the oil stove. I have a meeting tomorrow late-morning with […]
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Follow-Up
I spoke with mom’s psychiatric nurse practitioner this morning. The first words out of his mouth were: “She’s presenting well.” I laughed because she sure can present well when she needs to! We had a really good conversation. As my daughter mentioned might be the case, the doc thinks mom’s behavior is episodically driven at […]
Phone Calls
Mom left two voicemails today, and then I called her… At 5:48PM Voicemail #1: “What’s up for Thanksgiving? If you told me, I didn’t write it down. I’d like to have confirmation if you’ll be picking me up. I’ll be out for the next hour, hour and a half. If you could call between 7:30 […]
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner wrote back to me this evening. Dude works on Sundays! I am seriously impressed. He asked me five fairly simple questions about how mom is doing/managing, and I, true to form, wrote him back in mad-detail, complete with examples. He’s going to see mom tomorrow (house-call), and interview staff to get […]
Dementia Dance - Travels with Mom 