'' Mr Dancys Day''

Hi, Mr Dancy was up at 7:30 this mornng,
I assisted him with a sitz bath,back -rub,
Shower and skin care. We did our exercise
Routine and later went for a short walk.
We got out the ''hidden object book'' and
Did some stencil art work.He ate most of
His meals today around 80%.I took his
BP this evening ,at 6:15 it was 130/78.Mr
Dancy is relaxing by the tv at this time.
Ilene

'' Mr Dancys Day''

Hi, Mr Dancy was up at the usual time,7:30am,
I assisted him in the bathroom before breakfast.
Around 9:30 i took him to senior services,
And picked him up at 4:pm. He ate a full breakfast
And supper,the two meals 100%.He is now
Relaxing by the tv. Ilene

'' Mr Dancys Day''

Hi ,Mr Dancy was up at 7:30 this morning,
I assisted him in the bathroom before having
Breakfast. Around 9:30 we went for a walk
And later got out the ''hidden object book'' and
Worked on a puzzle.Mr Dancy talked a lot
Today about New Orleans and some of the
Neighborhoods there,he said that he grew up
On Magazine Street.He has been very alert
The last three days.his appetite today
Was much better eating at 90%.Mr Dancy
Is relaxing by the tv at this time.Ilene

'' Mr Dancys Day''

Hi, Mr Dancy was up this morning by 7:30
Am,i assisted him with a shower, sitz bath
Back-rub, and skin care. He ate only 50%
Of his breakfast and about 80% of lunch
And supper. We didnt go for a walk due
To bad weather.i got some games out today
But he wasnt interested.Mr Dancy was
Alert and talked a lot about business, he
Wanted to know if the red car was in the
Garage so i took him to the door to show
Him that the car was there.He said that
He would like to go dancing and wanted to
If he could go tonight,i explained to him
That weather conditions were bad and that
He could talk to cathy about the dancing
When she stops by on wednesday.Ilene

Dad's Last Few Days

I haven't had time to write down everything that happened this past weekend.

Just some observations: On the way to the visit with Dr. Lichstein Dad was worried that I was going to wreck the car. He also complained to Dr. Lichstein that I was spending all his money.

Dr. Lichstein seemed to think Dad was doing well. He asked again if someone was staying with him just during the day during the week. I said Ilene was with him 24/7. Then he said you mean 24/5! He will see him again in six months.

On Monday Dad was more active than usual. Instead of just watching me set up a jigsaw puzzle, he came over and attempted to help me turn over the pieces. He did that well, but couldn't seem to get the pieces together. He was trying to put pieces together that obviously did not match. I tried to explain the flat side edge pieces. It was fun to share an activity.

We had a nice dinner, sharing some crusted cod, chicken stir-fry, pea pods and broccoli and fried rice. I also ate half a piece of cake with a small scoop of ice cream and half a piece of impossible pie. Later I had some bread pudding and popcorn.

To work at 9:pm

Hi i arrived at the Dancys around 9:pm
Mr Dancy was watching a movie.I
Gave him his medication and he is still
Watching tv.Ilene

Weekend with Dad

It got really cold this weekend in the 20s. Hopefully it will go back to the 40s soon. I almost got frostbite on my face on my run this Sunday.

Dad seemed a bit lethargic today compared to his norm. He slept a lot during the day on Saturday according to Bettie. He had to be coaxed to eat his dinner.

On Sunday he ate about half of his dinner, one slice of pizza and 1/2 of his salad. Though he did eat all of his ice cream and cake. I ended up eating his other slice of pizza. I have a hard time with pizza! I did manage to save half of the pizza and hopefully it will taste just as good next weekend (stored in the freezer). In the morning he did a few stretches while I was doing my yoga routine. [Mostly his arms go up and down.]

I plan to take Dad to my house on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Then come back for dinner. Ilene will come back about 8 pm.