A Christmas Story

Another Christmas and end of year completed here in Kansas with the Oldest Old.  We celebrated (?) with Mom and she was happy and grateful that we were there. She kept saying, “Is today Christmas?” Yes, Mom.

Tina had sent the earrings as an early gift since one of her old ones went missing. She opened them and I helped her put them on. The candy Cherie sent was a big hit and she immediately went for a caramel. We also gave her some Reeses pieces, which she loves and some other candy. I got her some socks and slippers. She isn’t wearing her shoes anymore on the very rare occasion when she is up and in her wheelchair. They are too tight and her feet hurt, so I got these so she could at least cover her feet. She really doesn’t care if she has shoes on or not anymore. I also got her some reading glasses since she had told me earlier that she missed reading. Guess she’s too busy sleeping…

We also took her one of her new favorite treats, a Starbucks Venti Hot Chocolate extra hot double cupped. She LOVES them and it sets me back about $4 every time I bring her one, but it’s worth it and she always drinks the whole thing.

As usual, she said she was going to take care of Christmas “later” but I reminded her for the four millionth time that she and Dad made our Christmases so special that the memories last a lifetime.

We called Mary Hancock and spoke with her. Apparently Mary told Mom that she couldn’t walk anymore and Mom was asking her, “Why, Mary?” Like she was up and running about all day long. We also called Sally and left messages for both Tina and Cherie. Then we called Olive since I knew she had gone home at that point. We didn’t get her, so I called Lana and found out that she was back in the hospital. We talked for quite a while, and I warned about the dangers of putting them in assisted living (i.e. LIVE FOREVER) and she agreed, being a nurse and all.

I guess once they moved Olive into assisted living, she lasted three days until she had her stroke. She went out by the Uncle Fred model.

Sigh.

More photos here; remember you have to be signed in to see. Doesn’t look like much traffic going on, maybe I will dispense with the photos…

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