Today is September 18, 2012. Happy 74th Anniversary to Momu and Popa.
To catch folks up - last week Mark and Max flew up from Florida and spent 2 days in Connecticut. Dad also arrived in CT. They had nice visits at MB, although Momu is still feeling crappy and looking pretty bad these days. However, seeing Max cheered her up which was great even though it was temporary.
Last Friday and Saturday Lysbeth and Mark Kennedy visited from Michigan. I met them both there on Friday afternoon. I arrived ahead of them and told Momu they were on their way and she said tell them not to come. I said, too late, they will be here in about 5 minutes. Momu welcomed their visit. They looked through lots of photographs and spoke about good stories from the past. Momu starting dozing during the visit, which was a first for her, or at least the first time I had witnessed that. Popa stayed in bed, but was not sleeping during their visit. They came back Saturday morning and spent most of the time with Popa since he was awake and Momu was in bed and did not get dressed. Lysbeth left me a nice voicemal message about their Saturday visit and I am glad they made the trip.
Dan and I will continue to visit as often as our schedules allow, which lately has been only about 1-2 times a week.
Lastly, this Friday marks the one year date for when Momu was admitted to Meadowbrook (Popa followed just 2 days later). I have made the decision to bring the blog through to the one year mark and then end the blog. For those of you who read this, which unfortunately are not many, please feel free to reach out to me if you want to check in on how they are doing. Or better yet, you can call or write them letters.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Tuesday September 4, 2012
So my blogging has been lax of late. I haven't blogged about my last few visits...
Dan and I went over today around 4 - every time I walked into Meadowbrook this past year I always said to myself at least my grandparents are able to be in their rooms and don't have to sit out by the nurses desk - well today was that day. Momu was sitting by the nurses station and quite honestly looked pretty bad - she was shaking and groaning loudly. She was trying to make herself throw up for some strange reason. Her eyes were closed and for the first time in a year she said she did not feel like herself and actually felt like dying. This was a hard day for me. I stood next to her and got her some ice. The nurses pulled me aside and said she was in the hallway because she was driving Popa crazy. Momu told me she has been having nightmares. But she could not tell me what they were about. The nurse overhead and told me Momu has been up late because when she tries to sleep she dreams about something happening to someone in the family. I will explore this next visit.
We went to the room to see Popa who was pretty good today. He was talking to Dan a bit and asked about the kids. He again asked about his financial situation and Dan told him everything was being taken care of and he said good.
Their weights have both gone down. Popa is 111.6 and Momu for the first time in a long time has lost quite a bit of weight and is down to 106.6.
I told them of some upcoming visits and Popa was happy and Momu said she did not want to see anyone. But we all know that changes daily!
Dan and I went over today around 4 - every time I walked into Meadowbrook this past year I always said to myself at least my grandparents are able to be in their rooms and don't have to sit out by the nurses desk - well today was that day. Momu was sitting by the nurses station and quite honestly looked pretty bad - she was shaking and groaning loudly. She was trying to make herself throw up for some strange reason. Her eyes were closed and for the first time in a year she said she did not feel like herself and actually felt like dying. This was a hard day for me. I stood next to her and got her some ice. The nurses pulled me aside and said she was in the hallway because she was driving Popa crazy. Momu told me she has been having nightmares. But she could not tell me what they were about. The nurse overhead and told me Momu has been up late because when she tries to sleep she dreams about something happening to someone in the family. I will explore this next visit.
We went to the room to see Popa who was pretty good today. He was talking to Dan a bit and asked about the kids. He again asked about his financial situation and Dan told him everything was being taken care of and he said good.
Their weights have both gone down. Popa is 111.6 and Momu for the first time in a long time has lost quite a bit of weight and is down to 106.6.
I told them of some upcoming visits and Popa was happy and Momu said she did not want to see anyone. But we all know that changes daily!
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