The following is my answer to a friend's email...
yes, this is the day after the special DAY my bd although as far as i'm concerned this is my special day, my special month and hey why not my special years...all of them, as we all know that life is precious so if we have health and can enjoy it, why then it's Absolutely Special right.?
So far we are both healthy as Mac always says (it's so sweet of him) as he always says "isn't it sad to see "(whoever it may be, in a wheelchair, or obviously handicapped)," we are so lucky to be healthy"...this he says as we walk, talk and enjoy all the wonderful things that are within our view. This morning it was the little forest glade behind the condos - called park St. Louis Village...as we sat watching the fountain of water and listening to the cardinal ...a man walked along with a cane - and again there was mac enjoying his health. as he himself,tried to get up slowly and with such a problem from the bench we were sitting on.This always takes me by surprise, he doesn't seem to see his own health problems, or perhaps he just doesn't want to ...which is great..he enjoys.
Right now he is trying to explain to his visitor from CLSC, how important it is that this man help his fellow mexicans...the man is Mexican and works for CLSC visiting people like mac. i stayed in for the most part of his visit as we have been having such a hard time with these people...i am trying to get CLSC to send me the same person every week so that Mac can get used to the person and think of him or her as a friend. Instead, mac considers them a real pain in the neck and always trys to tell them he doesn't need anyone with him, he is capable of staying on his own. He chuckles away saying "this is so silly to have someone with me when i'm perfectly able to take care of myself. Today's person is such a nice fella, Arthur, last week's guy William was really fearful of him and said, ' he hates me etc..wants me to leave - this when i came home ...so today decided to just stick around, went downstairs for about 30 minutes to talk to the director of this place, she wanted to confirm that everything was o.k. and it is. In fact i can leave Mac on the lock down floor with the nurse and the people there that are not able to be what they call 'autonmous' or i can leave him in the Activities room with the Animator - who usualy has a large group playing oko a form of bingo..or some other card game...in which - for sure he will not participate.
now that he and Arthur are having such a good time conversing, i'm hoping they will send Arthur again, but i'm not counting on it, and of course can't count on mac's mood either. With me his mood is always pleasant as he is happy when I'm here, and not so when i'm gone... i hear them now talking about English and French and how mac can't speak French very well now...so right, i'm improving he is soso.
Well that's the way it is these days...See you are enjoying; filling up the bucket or whatever with your list of what you have or will have done ..Since we live day to day or enjoy moment by moment...the list of these moments goes through my mind as i settle down to sleep at night...and since i started this email early this afternoon and am only finishing it now - 8;30 p.m. Can say ALL moments were fantastic...by the time Arthur left at 4;00 p.m. they had decided mac was helping him with his English by conversing with him...and of course for mac this was great and they were hoping to see each other again...what a relief that is for me....then we .did our usual trek to the lake between showers...lucky we were in the shopping center next door when it rained...then enjoyed a beautiful day at the lake - meeting and greeting familiar faces, then home for dinner - and now it's time for bed...saying what a red letter day..with an added plus as of today...mac and i can travel anywhere on the island of mtl. yippee he has a para-transport pass and i am his caregiver..or whatever and have to be with him..- how super - g'nite...
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