Granny's gone and done it again

[Granny Hatchet]

It's a BIG city, Pittsburgh and has been over two weeks since he passed. You would think that something would show up in the papers by now.

Glad to hear that Tom is doing so well, Granny. He's working hard. I used to tell people coming in for rehab and physical therapy that it was up to them how fast they got to go home. I was lucky that the facility I worked for had one of the top rehab and PT units in the Midwest. Really good therapists, but the patient has to want to succeed for it all to come together. Tells me a lot about Tom, bless him, he's really trying.

I tell Tom the same thing when he asks when they will let him come home. Totally up to you Tom! harder you work to build those muscles up the faster you will be home. He's just not the same person I took to the ER. I think it was the beginning of December.. Not sure. Days seem to run together now.

 

[microchick]

Sun? Hmmm. I have heard of this thing called a "sun," I think. Foggy today. Rain for days and more to come. The chickens are up to their ankles in mud and nothing I can do about it. And it's cold.


I don't know if there was any kind of an official death notice on my mom but there was no obituary.. sounds terrible to say but neither my brother nor I could think of anything nice to say about her to put in the paper. God forgive me but we just couldn't.

Blue I understand completely. If my cousin hadn't been with me I would have been in the same boat when my mom passed. That was in 99 and there was no charge for obituaries then. I told my husband it was ridiculous that now a days a grieving family got charged sometimes 200 dollars to have an obituary posted in the newspaper highlighting their loved ones life. Strange times we live in.

My chickens haven't been out in about a week now. I took my netting down when they were calling for freezing drizzle before Christmas and the temps haven't been warm enough for the little bantams to be out since then. Those silly Egyptian Fayoumi hens will slog around in the mud until they look like they are wearing boots but the bantams will go out till their feet get cold then beat it back to the coop.

Plus I've been hearing a couple of hawks nearby and without the netting up I wouldn't put it past one to take a dive into the run. I told them today they were just going to have to wait for nicer weather to dry the muck out before they saw outside again.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

thanks, @microchick.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Funeral homes take the obituary out here. I don't think I even read hers but I know others collected a few of them.

 

[microchick]

I tell Tom the same thing when he asks when they will let him come home. Totally up to you Tom! harder you work to build those muscles up the faster you will be home. He's just not the same person I took to the ER. I think it was the beginning of December.. Not sure. Days seem to run together now.

Surprising as it sounds, Granny, sometimes a change of scenery does wonders when dealing with dementia patients. It's strange. Some people with dementia can become more confused if they are taken out of familiar surroundings, others, if secluded and suddenly find themselves in new surroundings with different stimulation, light up like Christmas trees. It sounds like the facility where he is knows how to relate with people like Tom which is a big plus when it comes to how well he will do.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

You know what bothers me? The fact that he never had any type of testing. Oh he forgot? Dementia..

 

[microchick]

thanks, @microchick.

My pleasure. Don't beat yourself up, Lord knows a person is under enough stress at the time.

My mom used to set at night and read the paper. She would look at the obituaries and say that she was in the clear, her name wasn't in the death notices yet. The night her death notice was in the paper, I was laughing through tears when I said, well, mom, you made it. Here's your name in the death notices.

 

[microchick]

You know what bothers me? The fact that he never had any type of testing. Oh he forgot? Dementia..

They did CT scans on both of my parents when they were diagnosed. Lot of it I imagine can be based on symptomology but as finicky as insurance companies and Medicare are now I'm surprised that they don't demand the testing be done.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

You know what? I think I'll write my own obit and put it with my important papers. Nothing sentimental, just the facts. That way nobody in a time of stress or distress has to worry about it.

 

[microchick]

You know what? I think I'll write my own obit and put it with my important papers. Nothing sentimental, just the facts. That way nobody in a time of stress or distress has to worry about it.

Great idea. I'd be scared to do that though, bad juju and all that stuff. Must be the nurse in me...or the Cherokee......