Good Afternoon/Evening and thanks for getting us started, Bernie. I agree with you about November flying by very fast. Glad your shopping urges are not surfacing. Wish I could say the same, but not so. Since it is my birthday month, and Christmas is coming, my order finger has been twitching. I just received an offer to extend the warranty on my refrigerator which will be three years old in February. Not cheap insurance, but I am seriously considering it. I used the insurance a while back (maybe a couple of years), and I just don't trust refrigerators after having several bad experiences. Not exactly shopping, but spending money to be sure.
Hi Susan -- glad you are getting things organized. Like Jean, I don't give many gifts, and those that I give are usually cards or cash. I will probably try to get some small boxes of candy for the caregivers to go along with gift cards. I have not purchased my Christmas cards yet, but that should be accomplished soon.
Nice graphic, meallan. Hope December is a good month for you as well.
Sorry Middle School was a challenge, Jean. I know the elementary school was much better. Hope you have a good weekend whether it is going out or staying home relaxing.
Waves to all of our posters and readers.
DH is incredibly sleepy, and I am concerned about him. The hospice nurse came yesterday afternoon, and she spent quite a bit of time examining him, talking to the caregivers, etc. I stayed later than normal, but she called when I got home to say that she found that DH had been given an extra dose of his anti-anxiety medicine, which could be part of the problem. He had some other things going as well, but..... She told the caregivers and called the director to let them know about the problem. She also called the morning caregiver and told her to watch him.
Anyway, I went earlier than normal this morning, and he was in bed. The caregiver told me that he was asleep through his morning bed bath, and that he had not had breakfast. He didn't respond when I said hello, at least for a while. I called the hospice nurse, and she said she would talk to the caregivers. Eventually, I was able to feed him some yogurt and one donut hole for breakfast, along with a small glass of water. This took quite a while. Then, I gave him some jello and two peanut butter crackers for "lunch" along with another small glass of water. Eventually, he was talking a little, but not much. And, he did not want to get out of bed and wanted to keep his eyes closed.
I am waiting to hear back from the nurse, and I'll probably go back later to see if he is more awake, etc. As you can imagine, I'm pretty stressed about all this, but I know that there is precious little I can do to improve things. I am praying.
Hope everyone sleeps well.
Hugs,
Linda
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