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Skriven 2012-06-06 10:03:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: things 56
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 05-24-12  19:52 <=-

 NB>> Well, it keeps her home and at least happier than if she were in a
 NB>> nursing home or in hospital.  We are hopeful that as we get meds in
 NB>> better shape she will be happier, but that takes time.

 RH> Hopefully the picture is improving by now. I know, some meds take
 RH> longer to really take effect tho. She's home tho, and that's the
 RH> important thing.

And at the moment, she's back in the hospital.  She had a minor fall at
her day program, got sent to ED to be checked out, and now the docs keep
thinking of other things to check...  At least she's getting out of bed
regularly, and walking to the bathroom, so she should be able to keep
her strength up well enough to come straight home eventually, without
the rehab interim...

 NB>> the Meals on Wheels an improvement.  The main complaint she has with
 NB>> them is that sometimes they send too much of the same thing, two meals
 NB>> identical for the weekend, for example... especially if it's something
 NB>> that she's less happy about than others...  :)   But there is a fair
 NB>> variety, and the meals are well-balanced, usually a meat, veggie and
 NB>> potato (usually mashed), but sometimes chili (fairly mild) with
 NB>> cornbread or ethnic dishes like enchiladas.

 RH> Dad would like the meat, mashed potato and vegetable meals but he is
 RH> not fond of ethnic foods for the most part. Mom and Dad visited us in
 RH> AZ & TX quite a bit but never wanted to go out for Mexican food. OTOH,
 RH> there was a German restaurant in AZ they really liked. Some Italian is
 RH> OK with them but not much, and not too "exotic" on the seasonings. I

I'd bet that they'd be happy enough with the Meals... and there might be
less variety in their area than here, anyway... we have a fairly high
Hispanic population that I think may be being catered to in this area's
menu... 

 RH> use oregano, parsley, basil, garlic & salt/pepper which is too much for
 RH> them. They eat my sauce but I think they prefer their plainer version.
 RH> Other than that and the occaisional Chinese, they don't go for the
 RH> variety of ethnic foods Steve and I like. We had Mediterranian
 RH> yesterday for lunch, Indian today.
 
You and Steve (and our family) are undoubtedly more adventurous than the
bulk of the American populace...   ;)

 RH> Last year when we were up Dad talked about giving my sister the
 RH> bread machine they have; I wouldn't be surprised to see it still
 RH> on their counter when we go up in a couple of months. 
 
Probably depends as much on whether or not your sister was there in
person to be handed it... and whether she was interested in it... ;)

 NB>>> ... Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what
 NB>>> happened.
 RH>> If that isn't the truth! How did I get to be so old already? (G)
 NB>> Exactly.  :)

 RH> And seeing more and more specialists. Good thing we've got a
 RH> reasonable co pay on our medical insurance.

Always something new breaking down... (G)  My specialist co-pay is also
reasonable, thankfully... 

ttyl        neb

... "I'm living and breathing; it beats the alternative"

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