A friend checked with me to see what happened - did I make a decision to move Mac or would I leave him on the second floor. Well I don't remember if I mentioned that I spoke to the nurse - Bassim _ on the second floor about the problem of the zoom zoom wheelchairs and moving Mac. He said that I should leave Mac on the second floor as if I put him in a room on the other floors (think they are the 3rd and 4th)..preposees will check on him but he will be by himself. Mac kind of enjoys "the gang" as he calls all the people on the second floor, also he enjoys the solarium - sitting in the sun, and the entertainment that they do have two or three times a week. So I have decided to give it more time. Also, I decided before I leave I will ask the preposees and the nurse to please check the "wheelchair wonders", not just Mac.
Today I gave it a real good try, I left for Church around 10:30, told Mac don't go walking around, stay here by the Christmas Tree and watch the action going on around here, he answered "Ill stay right here"..Brititta the Swedish woman said she would be with him.. Well when I returned he was not right there - he was in another chair altogether quite a distance from where I left him - but then I returned at 1:30, so not surprising he had moved. I do leave my cell phone #, and I hoped any problem and I would get a call. Actually, apparently no problems he ate all his lunch, and was quite content when I returned. Obviously I can't take it for granted that this will always be the case, but for sure he is NOT going to stay right there. There was one little problem, he would not take his synthroide tablet, apparently he spit it out twice, but I'm sure his missing the pill one day is not going to do harm hopefully.
In the meantime he was fine the rest of the day..but sad to say my friend, a 90 year old woman and her husband who has a type of dementia - vascular dementia, which is much like Alzheiomers was in bad shape with Brocitis and very sad as her husband is not eating and just sleeps ...she said "I fear he is dying".. He is 92, so perhaps, but as I told her, Mac was not eating for almost 4 weeks, lost about 35 lbs, was not talking - sleeping - but recovered and now the milkshakes and boost that I was trying to get him to take are a thing of the past. He walks better, talks better, eats well, and seems to enjoy. BUT, we that is I have to remember - one day at a time, and not project or anything like that. just be happy in the moment.
In fact last evening he was enjoying the moments of watching his great grand daughter Finley, he and I would pass a look and smile at her funny little ways, when all of a sudden he turned quite belligerent, and seemed to think that there was something wrong with her and her mom ..and got quite snarky, luckily it was time for bed, so all while I was getting him ready, i.e. brushing teeth, washing etc. he was the crabbiest I've seen him for quite awhile..so as we know, enjoy the good times while they last.
That goes for us all, so a good day, so good night xx
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