October 3, 2009

Max was the first to arrive this morning.   He came to Grandma's right after films.  After I left last night he recovered a fumble and also had a good sack, so he was 'pumped'!

Aunt Janet came early today also.  She brought Mom her church's directory as Mom loves to look at all the pictures in it, and they had a nice visit.

It was a quiet day today, as a matter of fact, for some reason I was completely exhausted today, and I took a three hour nap!  I feel so rejuvenated now!  Thanks girls for taking over!

Mom is seeing things now that aren't there.  She's especially bothered by gnats.  We had a couple of them in the house, but she is seeing them everywhere!  They are driving her nuts!  We just pretend to kill them and tell her that they are almost all gone.  She also 'saw' a man in overalls come up on the front porch.  He was struggling to get up the steps and holding a cane.  She wanted Tina to go to the door, so she did and she told Grandma that he was gone and was probably at the wrong house.

Eddie brought her mail and he knows that Mom loves her cards and always turns them over so she can't see who they are from until she opens them and reads them.  So he hands them to her turned over.  He's so thoughtful.

It's 7:30 p.m. now and Mom's color hasn't been so ashen today.  She hasn't eaten much, just a few bites of things here and there. We spent the evening watching about four hours of old Lawrence Welk shows that we have taped for her.  After the first show was over, Mom said, "Now let's go to the dance."  She explained that a group of Mom and Dad's friends used to get together and watch the Lawrence Welk show and then leave for a dance.  She loves to watch this show, but it makes her really miss Dad and the good times they had together.  She hears a song that brings back memories and she begins to cry, and we as well.  She sits in bed, alert and awake the entire time we watched these shows.  A very sad song at the end was one about wanting a chance to live life again and it upsets her very much.  To me, it's just torture watching her love these shows so much, but hurtfully.