Dad and other news

Thanks for the kind thoughts re Dad.  He is OK.  Not brilliant but OK.  He is in rehab and we had a family meeting last Friday.  I had been lead to believe that the recommendation would be for high level residential care (nursing home) but the meeting turned out to be more positive.  The plan is to get him home but it is unlikely.  He still has great difficulty with word finding although he understands what is being said and read.  His cognitive and physical functions fluctuate dramatically which is of huge concern.  Other Brother was down over the weekend and has arranged for the three of us to assume powers of attorney with the parents' approval.  I now have to get someone to witness Dad's signature - Mum's been done.

In my book the best outcome would be for them both to be assessed for low level care and to get them to move into an appropriate residential facility.  My brothers agree and we are gently heading that way.  Our fears are that even if we can get Dad home, it won't take much to reduce his levels of function and we will be back to square one.

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Today is One's 26th birthday.  Where have the years gone?  He had a bbq at his and Ebz' new place (very close to us) on Saturday night.  We supplied the meat, the bread, the salads!  And gave him a patio heater for his birthday.  As he pointed out we gave him food and warmth for his birthday!!  And seeing as we have helped with the rent and bond on the new place we can add shelter to that as well!!

With everything that has happened I have decided to make myself unavailable for work for the foreseeable future.  I wasn't really happy with some aspects of the company I was working for; or to be more precise, one person in particular but this person wields a lot of clout.  Anyway, this way I can be available to take Mum in to see Dad every week day if necessary (Dr Teacher does weekends and Other Brother is down again next week so can do some of the running around then).  Also we can do the leg work to get things in place so, hopefully, we won't be caught on the back foot if/when something like this happens again.

Diet and exercise have taken a back seat of late.

Nuff said.