Good Week

Tuesdays we go see Lorraine her sister. This week they had a sing-along when we went there. So we sang along and it was kind of enjoyable. Then we always go to the library after and take home a pizza. Wednesday we bought mom some scrubs. Her waist still bothers her from the shingles. She bought navy, tan and wine colored ones. They look like normal pants but she can loosen them when she's home. Before she would just put on her nightie all day. The hospice nurse came, and said she's doing great but her blood pressure was a little elevated. Today pastor Bruce from hospice came with his guitar and sang, it was very nice, but I felt a bit uncomfortable being an audience of 2, 3 counting Salsa. Tomorrow we have been invited to go with friends to their place in Grand Jean and spend the night. It's the first time we are leaving mom, but my cousin Ron said he would check on her and she has neighbors #'s. Rick and Shauna, friends of hers, are coming over Sunday, so I think she will do fine. It is so beautiful in Grand Jean, it's at the foot of the sawtooth mountains, and we're taking our ATV's. It will be good to get away even if it is only overnight.

Observation!

Mom's seems to feel pretty good, no pain, but she is starting to look a little yellow. We went out today to get pants with a drawstring, because it's still touchy on the waist from the shingles. She doesn't have a lot of energy, but feels content.

Great Visit!

Mildred Hickman and her daughters Carol and Nina, came to visit and brought beautiful flowers from Mildred's garden.

Carol used to live in the apartment below mom and dad's and has always been there for mom. Mom thinks of her as a daughter. Carol is the one on the left.

Even though my brother Dave and Nina, on the right, have been divorced for years, she has always been so thoughtful to mom. She came out from South Carolina, I think, for a family reunion, and still took time to come visit mom. We had a wonderful afternoon visiting.

Doing Well

She's had a cold for a couple of days, and that always scares her. We always wonder if it is something more. We were told her cancer would probably next go to the lungs or the brain. But she is doing better today. Nina is coming Thursday with her mother and sister, and mother is mortified that she will be sick and not be able to see them, so she has stayed in for the last few days and trying to nurse herself back to good health.

Doing Great!

She is totally off of any medication, except high blood pressure medicine which she has always taken, and isn't feeling pain. She loves to go to the library, and reads a lot. She tires easily and doesn't have a lot of energy. I'm sure that's the thyroid cancer. She has a good appetite again. I wonder if she isn't kind of in remission. Carol, Nina's sister took her to lunch on Wednesday. Thursday a fill in hospice nurse came and said she was doing fine. Cindy, her regular nurse was out of town. Friday she got her hair done so life is good!

Since I'm home a lot more now, I'm getting good at sudoku and word scrambles in the paper. I am even getting my garden planted.

Better Today!

I think with all the talk of Memorial Day yesterday Mom was kind of depressed and just wanted to get the dying process over with. I felt really bad and couldn't cheer her up. But you know, even with stage 4 cancer, which I guess is the last stages, she feels good, not in pain now that the shingles are pretty well gone. She tires easily and doesn't have a lot of energy, but she seems to do fine and is content with a little outing every day, then doesn't want to go out again. As sick as it sounds, I guess it would be good to have like an approximate birthday, only an approximate death day. It would probably be easier to plan your life than being unsure if you would be here a year from now or a week from now. I don't know what would be best. Today she dressed and went to church for an hour and seems to feel better.

My cousin Dennis asked her to write a little about her brother Max, which is his dad, for a family reunion. She has enjoyed thinking back to when they were young.

Cold and Windy Today

Yesterday was windy too, but it was a little warmer. We went to see Lorraine, and had a good visit. Lorraine was quite talkative so it was an enjoyable visit. Then we went to the library and got 5 books. She loves to read and reads about a book a day. We haven't gone anywhere today because it is too cold and windy. She isn't taking the medicine for the shingles and is feeling much better and is sleeping fine. In the morning she is a little sick to her stomach, but doesn't complain of anything else.