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Thanks-giving

November Greatitudes:
Day 1. Family
Day 2. Good friends
Day 3. Hospice care
Day 4. Peace of heart
Day 5. Rest
Day 6. Shelter: a home where love abides and grows daily
Day 7. A hug
Day 8. A smile
Day 9. An amazing sunrise
Day 10. Shared talents
Day 11. Technology
Day 12. Eyes that see and ears that hear
Day 13. The beauties of nature that surround us
Day 14. The colors in the sunset
Day 15. Peacemakers – and there are many if you take the time to look.
Day 16. Aunts, uncles and 2 generations of cousins gathered together
Day 17. Shared experiences
Day 18. Good memories of memorable moments and laughter
Day 19. Somedays, it’s the little things that matter the most.
Day 20. A sincere, thoughtful and unexpected “thank you”
Day 21. Reflection time
Day 22. Challenges and outcomes
Day 23. Having faith in what matters most
Day 24. Being able to “let go.”
Day 25. Family stories and heirlooms
Day 26. the ability to make daily choices – and opportunities to make things right if the choice was wrong.
Day 27. Health
Day 28. The little things that fill the spaces in your heart when you need them most. .

November Greatitudes – day 21

11.14.24

Find some peace in your day.

November Greatitudes:
Day 1. Family
Day 2. Good friends
Day 3. Hospice care
Day 4. Peace of heart
Day 5. Rest
Day 6. Shelter: a home where love abides and grows daily
Day 7. A hug

Treasure the memories

CAREGIVER NOTE:
I’m hoping today will be a good day, though he’s not too much into Halloween. He’s been going to OT and PT and speech. He wants to come home — at least that’s what he says. So I’ll take that as a measure of truth and we’ll look forward to that regardless of how well he’s doing or whether he’s walking or not at the end of 30 days. I’m hoping he’s made enough progress to maybe want to complete it through the 100 days, but I’m not holding my breath at the moment.

We do have his bedroom and bathroom ready again. Plans now are to rearrange the living room to make sure there’s plenty of room for the walker or chair to maneuver. We’ll start on that this evening when I get home from the rehab.

POSITIVES:
No phone calls with negative reports from the rehab
He was dressed, resting and calm when a grandson visited
We seem to be making some progress at multiple fronts with hopes of that continuing.

10.24.24

CAREGIVER NOTE:
It’s supposed to be “moving day.” Yesterday wasn’t all that successful all around, though I’m pretty sure they’ll send him on. I’m hoping that will be a smooth transition whenever it happens. I didn’t hear back from the intake clinician at the rehab facility yesterday, but hope to hear from her early this morning.
He’s taking tylenol for pain. No additives to the tylenol.

POSITIVES:
He caught up on his sleep yesterday
No restraints needed
He left telemetry and the O2 lines alone.

Listen to your heart.

CAREGIVER NOTE:
He can’t remember falling or even going to Urgent care for the x-rays or talking to the dr. He couldn’t understand why things were hurting yesterday — and he didn’t want to get up, get out of the chair, walk or anything. He seemed more confused than his normal. He was willing to hydrate and did take in sufficient fluids over the course of the day. However, changing his underwear as necessary was another thing altogether. Hoping today will be a better day in the realm.

POSITIVES:
No mishaps of flooding or plugging receptacles yesterday
No anger regarding his not remembering recent events
Enjoyed listening to some current happenings in the family