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Skriven 2015-01-13 22:56:11 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 22873 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>> These are still intact within their wrappers, just broken.
 NB> Might  NB>> still work as cocoa stirrers...  ;)

 RH> Don't see why they wouldn't, unless they're too broken up. In that
 RH> case, just toss them into the cocoa.

 NB> That should work, too...

Tonight would be a good night for hot cocoa down here. Instead, tho, we
went to Bojangles for supper (cajun style chicken--with a kick) to warm
up. (G)

 NB>  NB>> your dad interested in eating...  :)  I know it helped my
 NB> neighbor  NB>> eat better when she had company while she ate...  :)

 RH> I did leave some meals for Dad, and Don is aware of what I did. Dad's
 RH> caregiver and housekeeper also know they're there.

 NB> And hopefully they will keep him company as well...   :)

His housekeeper usually does have lunch with him, but not his caregiver.


 NB>  RH>> back--so until that's cleared, he can't go home. If all goes
 NB> well,  RH>> he will be able to come up for the burial service this
 NB> spring.
 NB>  NB>> How nasty... I hope that they'll be able to get it controlled
 NB> soon..  NB>> and that he'll at least be able to be there for the
 NB> burial service...  NB>> we'll be praying...

 RH> Looks like he will be, if all goes well, discharged near the end of
 RH> the month. But, he'll be going home to some major changes, hope he
 RH> can adapt to them.

 NB> And that the infection stays well away once he does go home...  He may
 NB> be so glad to be back home out of rehab that the major changes won't
 NB> be as much of an issue as they might have been...

Either that or he will be so overwhelmed by being out of total care that
he will retreat even more into his cave. Don is trying to get some
things in place to prevent that tho.

 NB>  NB>> It's a process... Seeing the kids is good therapy for him,
 NB> though...  NB>> so hopefully the girls can follow through...  Will
 NB> Deborah and Rachel  NB>> and families be able to come in the spring,
 NB> do you think...?

 RH> Deborah is planning to go up, maybe as soon as next month, with the
 RH> little boys. Don't know Rachel's plans yet.

 NB> It will all help him work through it all... interacting with the kids,
 NB> either in person or via Skype...  :)

But we have to get him to understand that he needs to let the camera see
what he's doing. He'll pretend to tickle them or something similar, and
they can't see it, then not understand what he's doing. When he was
"playing airplanes" with Logan, we got him to hold his plane up to the
camera most of the time.

 NB>  NB>> You're probably also continuing to burn carbs there, with all
 NB> the  NB>> running you're doing for your dad and everything else... :)

 RH> I was burning quite a few carbs and my numbers did stay good. Been
 RH> working back into my usual eating over the last few days too, very
 RH> low carb today. Numbers stayed good after the one higher day because
 RH> I made sure I balanced carbs and proteins.

 NB> And now that you can go back to your more normal routine, things
 NB> should stay pretty well balanced...  :)

Trying to keep balanced, tonight's supper was heavy on carbs but was
also high protein which helped balance the carbs.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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