Text 16887, 84 rader
Skriven 2014-09-10 20:46:39 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 16835 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
Ärende: Sugars
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Hi Nancy,

 RH> I'm waiting for the follow up report. Don said they would be driving
 RH> back either Thurday (yesterday) or Friday (today) so I'm not expecting
 RH> to hear anything until tomorrow (Saturday) at the earliest. He'll
 RH> probably include an update on Dad as well.

 NB> Have you heard yet...?

The basics, there's a lot that's not being said. Plans are set up for
when he does go home for someone to look after him (not specified if
live in, look in, or what but probably some housekeeping involved); a
will drawn up; financial arraingements (unspecified) set up and so on.
We aren't being told a lot at this point.

 NB>  NB>> They might be letting him make his own choices from a limited
 NB> menu,  NB>> though... and/or limiting the actual amounts of certain
 NB> foods...  :)

 RH> Hopefully doing someting to get him eating right. He may lose some
 RH> weight out of this, if he makes good choices with his eating and is
 RH> getting some exercise.

 NB> Possible...

Don't know--he had a blood sugar/insulin (not specified) episode the
other day. He said he got a dish of real ice cream out of it so I
suspect it was low blood sugar brought on by needing an adjustment to
his insulin dosage.

 NB> pictures aren't  RH>> the same as actually being there and checking it
 NB> out.
 NB>  NB>> Yeah... Pictures can be carefully chosen, and not really give an
 NB>  NB>> accurate view of the reality...

 RH> I know, professionally posed rooms. Same as all the food pictures you
 RH> see in magazines are posed by professional food. (G)

 NB> Quite.

Some of that food looks good enough to eat but then it would be out of a
job. (G)


 NB> staying there, if the  RH>> therapists feel he won't be safe living on
 NB> his own at home, too..  RH>> since he's been living on his own...

 RH> I've no idea what will be the outcome of this. Bill moved to
 RH> Florida/bought the house in 2007; I'm not sure how long a mortgage
 RH> period he took. I understand he hired a neighbor for yard work--it
 RH> doesn't surprise me as that was never one of his favorite jobs while
 RH> growing up. He never did anything in the kitchen except drying the
 RH> dishes (under "you must!" rules put down by Dad & Mom). Actually, he
 RH> did do one other thing in there--get food for the family dog; one of
 RH> his jobs was to feed the dog every night.

 NB> At least he did something... (G)   If he's already been hiring help to
 NB> do things it might not be as hard for him to accept getting help in
 NB> the house as it was for your dad... that could be a sorta back benefit
 NB> here, so to speak...  As for the house...  he's only been there 7

And from what I understand, it will be for the better.

 NB> years,
 NB> then... most mortgages are at least for 10... often more...  but that
 NB> sort of thing could be worked out... after all, people move and have
 NB> to sell homes all the time...  ;)

He had a (very) small apartment up in Albany, was quite the recluse
there too so saved enough up to put a hefty down payment on the house in
FL. Don't know how much but he said at the time that the payments were
very reasonable. If he were smart, he'd have doubled (or more) up on
them to get it paid off faster.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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