CAREGIVER NOTE:
Yesterday was story day. Lots of stories and lots of repeats. No new stories but you could see and feel them as he told them. He laughed, he cried – he added a few new bits here and there, but no big differences from previous shares. He was happy to share for several hours — and I’m pretty sure it made the “losses” a little easier to handle in the moment as he realized they were gone and he couldn’t just reach out to talk to them right then.

CAREGIVER NOTE:

Plugged toilet, flooded floors and more were the start to the day. Thankfully, the plug was easy to clear. Floors easy to mop and clean… but the drip into the basement will take a little longer to dry. Just grateful he came out to tell me there was a problem before it got any worse.

He doesn’t know who plugged the toilet –No blame from me as accidents do happen and I was okay with having to clean things up and sanitize surfaces wall to wall so he could use the bathroom when he needed to. Once that process was completed he had to check things out and flush the toilet about 10 times to make sure things wouldn’t back up again before he felt things were fixed and he could use the bathroom again.

CAREGIVER NOTES:

He was certain that his cousin Ernie had visited us just the other day – but he was terribly disappointed that he hadn’t been able to talk to him and “catch up” on things. He hoped Ernie would come around again soon. He wondered what his folks were doing and if they were staying cool like he was with the AC keeping things at a pleasant temperature in the house. I caught him wiping his eyes several times as the tears fell while he talked and shared a story or two. I felt so sad for him. He reminisced about a few things — including his mom’s garden, Ernie’s service in the Navy and more, so we talked about those things a little longer and after the tears stopped a while later, he was smiling for most of the rest of the afternoon and evening.

CAREGIVER NOTE:

The “new” iPad didn’t hold his interest yesterday… but we assumed that would be the case. It is all set up and ready for him when he does decide to try to use it. He had a pretty good day yesterday…. we laughed a bit, he had a few zingers to share with us and was thrilled with his ribs and corn on the cob for dinner. No evening snacks… he was ready for bed early due to his being up earlier than his norm. He was a little restless last night, but was only up once overnight to use the bathroom. I’d say overall, it was a pretty good day.