Tuesday, October 23, 2012 Are we the only ones here?

Mac just went by on his way to the bathroom, that was his question.  This is the same question he asks just about every night at one time or anothe, i.e. before bed, or if he wakes up during the night  and sometimes in the early morning before we get up.  At times he dreams or has hallucinations or something like that where he is sure there are other people here, and he will check his wallet and his change...but then when i tell him "there aint' nobody here but us chickens" he has a little laugh and then i repeat not to worry Mac; its just you and I, we did have more here but our children are no longer children, they've up and married and had their own children. 

Tonight we went through the beautiful book Gaye made for him with pictures under each picture is very clearly printed the name of each of the members of his own family i.e. mother father and his sisters and brother, as well as grandparents, and then our wedding pictures and then our own family - children and grandchildren.  He asked as we finished reading this book, who gave me that book, i told him Gaye, he said "well it's damn good we must look after that book' each time he sees it, he kind of remembers but always always appreciates the book, he said also...do you have a book like this.  i said no, but I enjoy yours it's great...yes it is, and it's MY book.

It's been a good day, and although we have not had an appointment for therapy, i decided to do some with him and it was great.  We did arm exercises together, and although it sounds crazy we enjoyed laughing and singing...head and shoulders knees and toes  ....and i'm a little tea pot short and stout....these are exercise songs for children and may have made him angry at another time, tonight he just laughed and said, well i'm not fooling, my arms feel much better already.  Could be because he does not like to go to physio or thinks he doesn't, but in any case it was a fun day and a fun evening...he had Helen who he thinks is such a nice girl, and she sure is...and they had a good day, and i had a good day out, which is good for me too.  so now hope we have a good night...g'nite.