Today, I had Bob wheel his wheelchair again, using his feet and legs in a walking motion while sitting, to the dining room. Several times he stopped in the middle of the hall. When I encouraged him to keep moving, he replied that there was too much "human noise". He had to stop to listen to what everyone was saying. This is how our conversation went...I told him just to ignore it. He said he can't. I told him, "You ignore me!" He said, "Well, that's you!" He got quite a few outbursts of laughter from the nurses standing close by. grrrr...
I ran into a not-so-positive person again today. It was a social worker who felt that Bob was going to need a lot of home-health care or round-the-clock care when he went home. She also said he wasn't eating, not able to swallow well, and was losing too much weight. I looked at her, like Bob looks at me sometimes; I looked at her like she had two heads. First, I asked her if he looks like he had a few more pounds to lose? And, then, I asked her if we were talking about the same person. Bob is getting more cognitively aware everyday; he's eating three meals a day; and he's physically getting stronger. I need to talk with the charge nurse to see if I'm visiting the right Bob Pirie.
Interesting tid-bit: Bob told his mom and dad on the phone this evening that we were vacationing in Florida. Yeah, we flew there yesterday. :-)
One day at a time...
A PRAYER FOR TODAY FROM Joel Osteen
"Heavenly Father, I know what you've put on the inside of me. By faith I see the dreams you've given me coming to pass, no matter what my circumstances are. I am full of Your power and I'm ready to become everything you created me to be. In Jesus' Name. Amen"
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