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Skriven 2015-09-02 22:27:22 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 30469 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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Hi Nancy,

 NB>  NB>> Probably... I've not actually seen her since before I left for
 NB> the  NB>> Pond for the picnic, since she doesn't come for evening
 NB> service... and

 RH> You'll probably see her this week end tho, and give her a big hug.

 NB> Yup, she was again in church Sunday morning... there was a reception
 NB> after the service out on the front lawn, and they stayed for that,
 NB> too. She transfered out of the wheelchair into the pew for the
 NB> service, and
 NB> seemed to be doing pretty well at the being on her feet, so that's
 NB> good progress too...  :)

Doing quite well, from the sound of things.


 NB>  NB>> my car turns out to be needing struts replaced (turns out that
 NB> was  NB>> the noise, not just a bushing), so I'm not driving anywhere
 NB> until  NB>> that gets fixed.

 RH> Do you have another car that Richard drives? It's a good thing that
 RH> you had it checked out--the job will cost a bit but not as much as if
 RH> you continued driving and it caused more damage.

 NB> Yes, Richard has his own car... He's been driving us to the various
 NB> things, including his doctor appointment, groceries, church, and now
 NB> this week to my appointments... Still waiting on those special ordered
 NB> struts to arrive... ;(  It certainly is going to be an expensive
 NB> fix... but when done, at least I'll have my car back...  A previous
 NB> car threw a strut and that was the final straw for it... ;)

Frustration is......................can't get to Wegman's when you want,
can't get out to Fu's with a friend while Richard is working, etc. (G)

 NB> the  NB>> Pond, and it appears that she continues to improve, since
 NB> she said  NB>> nothing to the contrary...

 RH> So it appears she's on the mend.

 NB> Yup.

 NB>  RH>> In time she will start using it. Does she do any of her meal
 NB> fixing?  RH>> That could get a bit tricky, leaning over the walker.
 NB> Harder, tho  RH>> would probably bringing the plate to the table.
 NB>  NB>> Lydia makes her main meals... including her breakfast oatmeal...
 NB> She'd  NB>> been mixing up her own supper, Breakfast Essentials in
 NB> either dark  NB>> chocolate or in french vanilla mixed with milk...
 NB> But that was back  NB>> when she was mostly just using the quad
 NB> cane... Now someone mixes that  NB>> up for her, too...  :)   I
 NB> suppose she might be able to get back to

 RH> I can imagine she feels frustrated at times, knowing that she used to
 RH> be able to do everything without problems but now has to rely on
 RH> others. The last 6 months or so before Mom went into the nursing home,
 RH> Dad did all of the cooking. Mom would head to the kitchen in late
 RH> afternoon, thinking she had to get supper going. Dad would have to
 RH> intercept her and get her back to her chair but the habit of so many
 RH> years was hard to break.

 NB> I dunno...  She didn't seem to be all that upset by not having to make
 NB> meals any more...  Of course, the situation was a little different
 NB> than your mom's....  Mommy and Daddy went down to live with Lydia when
 NB> it was just getting too much for Mommy to deal with Daddy's
 NB> Parkinsons... Until the apartment was built onto the house for them,
 NB> they were just staying in a bedroom on the first floor there, so she
 NB> got used to be cooked
 NB> for...  :)   Plus, it always had been a joint effort in our house...
 NB> and when all the kids had left home, Daddy was as much a cook as Mommy
 NB> was
 NB> until he was having his problems...

Sounds like she's got nothing to worry about then.


 NB>  NB>> that... have the walker to the side while she stands at the
 NB> counter to  NB>> mix it up, put the glass of "shake" and the small
 NB> plate of graham  NB>> crackers on the seat of the walker and wheel the
 NB> four, five feet to  NB>> the table, remove the glass and plate to the
 NB> table, and then sit down  NB>> at the table..  ;)  But that assumes
 NB> using the walker mostly for
 NB>  NB>> occasional
 NB>  NB>> stability and insurance rather than depending on it to keep one
 NB> up...

 RH> It's possible to do, but would depend on how confident she feels about
 RH> doing so. I would think the main concern there would be making sure
 RH> the glass was steady enough on the walker seat so it wouldn't spill.

 NB> She'd been leaving the cane behind to carry the glass to the table,
 NB> back before the surgeries this spring...  not all that wise an idea
 NB> even
 NB> then...  :)

No, but gave her the sense that she was somewhat independent when it
came to fixing her own meals.


 RH> Dad's walker doesn't have a seat; he has a carrier bag on it
 RH> (originally made for Mom) for small items. I need to make another one,
 RH> somewhat modified, to fit this walker, so that he'll have a back up.

 NB> That's a worthy project...  :)   Mommy actually has two different
 NB> walkers, one a rolling walker with a seat, and the other the kind with
 NB> just the frame and wheels just on the front...  When she's steady
 NB> enough on the latter, I imagine she'll graduate back to the rolling
 NB> walker...

Nothing has been mentioned about Dad switching, guess they feel he needs
the stability of the 2 feet on the ground vs a 4 on the floor.


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