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Skriven 2015-03-07 17:22:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 03-05-15  20:33 <=-

 NB>> And now it's been decided to move him to the nursing home... has that
 NB>> happened yet...?  Are they figuring for rehab/strengthening or
 NB>> long-term...  And is he accepting it...?

 RH> Official word is he's being moved for rehab, unofficial word is that
 RH> the move is long term. We've not talked with him, but will, probably
 RH> tomorrow after he gets settled in. I guess he's accepting that it is
 RH> going to be for rehab, especially if they can do something to help his
 RH> sciatica. He probably does realise, but doesn't want to admit, that
 RH> it's going to be a long term move.

That will probably be more obvious as time goes on, especially if he
doesn't make a lot of progress in strengthening... It would be good if
they could do something to mitigate the sciatica, too...  How far from
your brother will he be there...?
 
 NB>>> So maybe the calendar should be moved to someplace where he sees
 NB>>> it more readily...  :)
 RH>> Only other place would be in front of his computer monitor, and
 RH>> that wouldn't work.
 NB>> It could be on the wall above the monitor, or on an adjacent wall
 NB>> that he might see as he comes to use the computer...  :)

 RH> He has one on a wall in that room but has always used the kitchen one
 RH> for writing in appointments. It's something he and Mom did for years,
 RH> at least as long as I can remember.

Ah, so it has tradition behind it, too... 
 
 RH>> Dreaming for some, saving up money for others.
 NB>> Indeed.

 RH> And the kitchen blind cabinet corner slide out is reality now. Steve
 RH> put it in today. One more item off the list.

Very nice..  :)  More good storage available now..  :)

 NB>>> one time I was doing 4, for some of my recipes...  :)  Room
 NB>>> enough for that, too...  :)
 RH>> I used to do 4 loaves, pull them out and put 4 more into the pans, let
 RH>> them rise and bake. I'd do 8 in a session but that kept us in bread
 RH>> for 2-3 weeks, important when you've got 2 little ones to take care of.
 
 NB>> I only had the one little one... and a couple of older guys living
 NB>> with us... So the bread went fast, but at least I had other "adults"
 NB>> around to help keep an eye on the kid, potentially, anyway... ;) 
 NB>> One of them was 26 going on 4, or so we said, given his level of
 NB>> responsibility... nothing wrong with his intellect, just with his
 NB>> active maturity level. He did learn some from us while he stayed
 NB>> here... and still sometimes contacts us to tell us how much he
 NB>> appreciates our intervention.. ;)

 RH> The right place and time made a big difference in his life. Nice to
 RH> have that affirmed, even years down the road.
 
Indeed.  :)

 RH>>> and letting a ball or two drop...........................
 NB>>> And hoping that the dropped balls are either rubber, to bounce
 NB>>> back in when time, or wood, to at least not shatter to
 NB>>> smithereens... ;)   Very familiar prospect...  ;)
 RH>> I think we're all members of that circus.
 NB>> At one time or another, anyway...  :)

 RH> Sometimes the circus is bigger than we thought it to be.

Indeed.

 RH> I heard on the news tonight that Ringling Brothers is doing away
 RH> with elephants in their travelling circuses effective 2018. Of course
 RH> PETA is saying, "why not now?".

I heard that too.  I don't guess that anyone asked the elephants if they
did or didn't want to be in the circus... they might miss it, it having
been their life all their life...  :)

ttyl       neb

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