So, my sweet friend Alex is not dying yet. I knew it. He’s back to being charming. He doesn’t even have his full-time Hospice nurse’s aide with him anymore…now they say he doesn’t need round-the-clock care. But he’s still under Hospice’s watch, so who knows how things will proceed. Before we left for vacation, I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Alzheimer’s’
Things that Don’t Go as Planned
Posted in Disease, tagged Alzheimer's, cat, Hospice on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thinking about Sanibel
Posted in Travel, tagged Alzheimer's, Florida, Sanibel Island, vacation, West Wind Inn on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s time to really start thinking about Sanibel. As many of you know, we’ve spent a week on Sanibel Island, Florida this same week for about 19 or 20 years. We stay in the same room (101) in the same place (the West Wind Inn); we sit in the same chairs and rent the same [...]
That HAT!
Posted in Friends, tagged Alzheimer's, bicycle, death, Hospice on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Heidi called last night. She never calls. We usually communicate online via gmail or Facebook chat. She often does this chatting on her Blackberry because she knows I really really want one. She rubs it in. (This is Heidi of Heidi-and-Cathy and of really-great-dinner-group fame.) Heidi called to ask if I’d seen my [...]
Doing Nothing with Alex
Posted in Friends, tagged Alzheimer's, Friends, nothing, silence on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My sweet friend Alex fell and is in the hospital with a concussion. Normally, they wouldn’t hospitalize you for a gash in your head, but Alex has Alzhiemer’s, and this opportunity buys his brother some time to figure out his next step. Alex is 72-years old. Never married. No children. Dapper, dapper dresser, great gossip, [...]
