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Skriven 2015-09-05 20:31:41 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 30568 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
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Hi Nancy,

 NB> stayed for that,  NB>> too.  She transfered out of the wheelchair into
 NB> the pew for the
 NB>  NB>> service, and seemed to be doing pretty well at the being on her
 NB>  NB>> feet, so that's good progress too...  :)

 RH> Doing quite well, from the sound of things.

 NB> Not as quickly progressing as we'd hope, but still at least making
 NB> some progress....  Lydia's concerned because she still isn't moving
 NB> her right foot in front of the left in walking, along with some other
 NB> things...

Hopefully minor issues that will be corrected as she gets stronger.

 NB>  NB>> fix... but when done, at least I'll have my car back...  A
 NB> previous  NB>> car threw a strut and that was the final straw for
 NB> it... ;)

 RH> Frustration is......................can't get to Wegman's when you
 RH> want, can't get out to Fu's with a friend while Richard is working,
 RH> etc. (G)

 NB> Especially the etc...  (G)  We did go to Fu's for supper one night
 NB> when he got back from doing the church lawn and decided he wanted to
 NB> go out, not eat at home...  and again, for lunch, as part of our
 NB> Tuesday
 NB> runnings around...  :)   But, I've not been able to schedule lunches
 NB> with friends, whether at Fu's or elsewhere... ;0  Wegmans we do
 NB> together anyway...  :)

I thought about suggesting prime rib tonight but decided not to. We'd
both put in a good day's worth of work but saved the money and ate soup
& salad instead.

 NB>  NB>> Parkinsons... Until the apartment was built onto the house for
 NB> them,  NB>> they were just staying in a bedroom on the first floor
 NB> there, so she  NB>> got used to be cooked for...  :)   Plus, it always
 NB> had been a joint  NB>> effort in our house... and when all the kids
 NB> had left home, Daddy was  NB>> as much a cook as Mommy was until he
 NB> was having his problems...

 RH> Sounds like she's got nothing to worry about then.

 NB> At least she's not being frustrated by not being able to cook for
 NB> herself... or confused by not having that as a normal routine...

That helps. At one time we'd thought that Dad would go first and Steve &
I would take Mom in. God had other plans.

 NB> making sure  RH>> the glass was steady enough on the walker seat so it
 NB> wouldn't spill.  NB>> She'd been leaving the cane behind to carry the
 NB> glass to the table,  NB>> back before the surgeries this spring...
 NB> not all that wise an idea  NB>> even then...  :)

 RH> No, but gave her the sense that she was somewhat independent when it
 RH> came to fixing her own meals.

 NB> Or at least her own simple supper....  :)  I don't think she's at the
 NB> point of even being able to stand at the counter for that length of
 NB> time yet, but maybe she'll at least get that much back in time...  :)

 NB>  RH>> Dad's walker doesn't have a seat; he has a carrier bag on it
 NB>  RH>> (originally made for Mom) for small items. I need to make
 NB> another one,  RH>> somewhat modified, to fit this walker, so that
 NB> he'll have a back up.  NB>> That's a worthy project...  :)   Mommy
 NB> actually has two different  NB>> walkers, one a rolling walker with a
 NB> seat, and the other the kind with  NB>> just the frame and wheels just
 NB> on the front...  When she's steady  NB>> enough on the latter, I
 NB> imagine she'll graduate back to the rolling  NB>> walker...

 RH> Nothing has been mentioned about Dad switching, guess they feel he
 RH> needs the stability of the 2 feet on the ground vs a 4 on the floor.

 NB> One certainly doesn't want the walker to get away from the patient...
 NB> defeats the purpose entirely... :)

That's for sure! He wouldn't need a walker bag quite as much if he had
the 4 on the floor model; most of them come with a seat that covers a
storage area.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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