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Skriven 2014-08-23 16:09:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: exactitude 702
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 08-21-14  21:19 <=-

 RH>>> Next time we buy cashews, we'll have to get some raw ones and
 RH>>> try making milk from them. Generally I get the roasted and
 RH>> Probably do so after the end of the month since we're not planning
 RH>> any more major shopping trips until after pay day.
 NB>> I saw Steve's decision to back off on that experiment due to the
 NB>> urushiol issue...  That does put a damper on things... ;)

 RH> As of now, dead in the water. But, better to be safe, than sorry.
 RH> We don't want any trips to the ER as a result of a cooking echo
 RH> experiment. 

For sure...  :)

 RH>> Yet, if we walked in today and asked her if she knew us, she'd give us
 RH>> a blank stare (if she were awake). We'd tell her, then as we were going
 RH>> out, ask if she knew us and probably get the same non answer.
 NB>> Perhaps that is the wrong question... I got so I'd ask a variant on
 NB>> that with my grandmother... I'd ask who she thought I was... as long
 NB>> as she was still willing/able to talk, she'd have some sort of

 RH> We'd most likely get a blank stare if we asked her who she thought we
 RH> were.
 
Perhaps, but also possibly worth a try...  :)

 NB>> (revealing) answer... that was how I tracked how far back she'd
 NB>> traveled since the last time...  In your mom's case, it might just
 NB>> get the answer that she does recognize you for who you are...  And
 NB>> it may just be that your telling her who you are sufficiently lodges
 NB>> there that she could bring it up for your brother later...  :)

 RH> It may have just been a good day for her when my brother visited. We
 RH> probably are lodged in some recess but bringing it out is nigh on to
 RH> impossible at this stage of life.

She might still surprise you... esprecially if you luck onto a good day
for her yourselves..  :)
 
 RH> Sounds like you've got the genes to live into your 90s. My dad's folks
 RH> both passed away in their 60s so having my folks around into their 80s
 RH> and 90s is doing well.
 
Maybe.  So far it kinda does look promising, but one never knows.  :) 
Daddy ended up with Parkinsons, and passed at 86 (almost 87), Mommy's
still going relatively well at almost 85 herself...  In any case, we're
both talking about our parents getting past the 3-score-and-10 mark.  :) 
 
 RH>> the facility but don't know which choices Mom makes. The meals are
 RH>> fairly balanced, a bit heavier on carbs than I think they should be
 RH>> but, it's not as bad as it could be. Don't know how those on Mom's
 RH>> floor decide what they're going to eat but there's always a choice of
 RH>> 2 entrees. I think it's a good guessing on the part of the food
 RH>> service folks.
 NB>> After a while, the staff probably would have some idea of what is more
 NB>> likely to be appreciated by the persons... And possibly have ways of
 NB>> interacting with them to draw out some sort of response... :)  Of
 NB>> course, just because it gets set before them doesn't mean for sure
 NB>> that it would all be eaten... :)

 RH> On that floor the residents all seem to be lost in their own little
 RH> worlds. They respond at times to the care givers but usually not
 RH> coherently. A lot of them have trouble feeding themselves also so
 RH> staff does help somewhat, so the folks get some food. Oversized bibs
 RH> are a big help there.
 
For sure.  :)   Given that the quantity of food actually consumed (with
help or not) probably isn't necessarily quite sufficient, I can see why
the meals might be a little heavier on the carbs... at this stage of
life, getting any sort of nutrition into them becomes a challenge... :)

 RH>> Mine was filling enough for me. The home made bread is a lot more
 RH>> filling than the store bought generic, even some of the name brand,
 RH>> breads. Also, it doesn't take as much to fill me up as it did when I
 RH>> was younger.
 NB>> You've shrunk your tummy, and haven't quite the caloric needs of
 NB>> earlier times...  ;)

 RH> Not nursing a baby or running after a toddler any more. (G)

Quite!  :)
 
 RH>>> least I know he's probably eating better while he's in the
 RH>>> hospital. (G)
 NB>>> Good chance of that... although we all know the variances in
 NB>>> hospital food...  (G)
 RH>> Very true there. But, he's probably not eating Hot Pockets, tv
 RH>> dinners, etc in the hospital. (G)
 NB>> That's a pretty safe assumption...  (G)  Unless he has someone
 NB>> smuggling them in for him, and I understand from the circumstances
 NB>> that that is highly unlikely... :)  Besides, there's someone else
 NB>> preparing the food for him there, anyway...  ;)

 RH> He said it's the same outfit that catered the Empire State Plaza where
 RH> he hused to work in Albany at the DMV. So, he's familiar with what
 RH> they serve--I guess he used to eat his big meal at mid day, at work,
 RH> from these folks. Don't know if it was anything worth writing home
 RH> about tho. (G)

By our standards, probably not...  ;)   So that outfit would have to be
some sort of national catering service...?  He IS still in FL, right...?

Probably serviceable meals, and reasonably nutritious, even if not
something either of us would be particularly enthusiastic about...  :)

ttyl          neb

... I'm so disorganized my keyboard isn't even in alphabetical order!

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