Mom continues to improve- it looks like we will finish December without ever going to the hospital, and that will be the first time since she came to Vista Ridge that she hasn't spent some part of a month in the Lewisville Hospital. (She spent most of October in the hospital.) She continues to eat well, but physical improvements are slowed since they cut back on the physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Hopefully, she (with Dad's help) will do a lot more on their own, but it is tough and can be quite painful, so we will see. I think the fact that she has plateaued on her improvement has been a little disheartening.
Christmas Day was busy around the house- all the creatures were stirring (except Michael- at least not until noon). All of Pam's family came over and enjoyed the meal with Dad; afterwards, he took a plate up to Mom and she ate most of it! That afternoon, we caught the end of "White Christmas" which lead to a discussion about Danny Kaye and a decision to watch a tape (not DVD, so it was a little fuzzy) of "The Court Jester," which is still one of our favorite movies. Just as it ended, sister-in-law Tamara and niece and fiance Thekla and Gary came over from the nursing home, so we enjoyed an afternoon of talking and playing games. By the time we got to the nursing home, it was almost 9:00 p.m. (Fortunately, Dad had spent most of the day there, and Tamara, Thekla and Gary had- as previously mentioned- already visited).
So, we caroled for a short time outside her window. When we realized Dad wasn't there to open the shades to help her see, we decided to go on inside. (We sang at a "mezzopiano" as not to wake Mom's new roommate- turned out it wasn't a problem after all).
As we walked up to Mom's room, we realize the call light had been turned on. Just as we walked in, the helper walked out. Turned out Mom had been a little nervous about "hearing the heater singing" and called for help!
We laughed for a while, made pictures with Mom, Michael, Thekla, and Gary, but only stayed a short while and came on back home.
We'll check today to see if the heater has done any more singing since we left!
Here's hoping you all had a blessed and Merry Christmas!
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Goodness Gracious---That Heater must have been a little "Off Key" !!!! Under all the circumstances, sounds as though you folks had a pretty good Christmas--I'm so thankful for that and that La Vera is improving. No hospital in December---What A blessing cause that does indicate improvement!!! I became greedy over the hollidays and had myself three Christmases !!! One at Bruce's home in Royse City, another at Rita's home in Little Rock, and a third at Rita's in-laws' home, also in Little Rock.
All was fine except for the travelling back and forth---I'm sort of pooped and right now I think I would like to have that ol' "Out Of Tune Heater" sing me a lullaby !!! Please Have A Great Week-End---I Love You---Floyd E.
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