Monday, August 12th
After watching A Quiet Place Pt II last week, I thought we could try the latest John Krasinski movie about Imaginary Friends. I had already watched it and thought it was funny and touching. Mom doesn't like animated movies, but I thought I could get away with it. Mistake! (anyone familiar with early Dana Gould will get that reference.) So we stopped at about a quarter of the way through and watched a documentary about Circus Soleil and how they dealt with the pandemic. It was at least 10 minutes too long, but getting to see the tricks they do was pretty incredible.
Humphrey was so lethargic on Saturday when my sister brought him, but today he was up and about, walking all around my comforter, acting very frisky. Then I thought about it and realized, oh yeah, he's sick and he wasn't feeling well on Saturday. But today he feels good so he’s acting normal. Now he's just got to get some more meat on his bones.
Tuesday, August 13th
I like watching funny things with J when she comes so we watched the latest episodes of The Daily Show and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and enjoyed them both. She also helped me respond to one of the caregivers who had responded to the ad my sister wrote. There were more responses, but I will have to go back and deal with them myself.
Wednesday, August 14th
I keep forgetting to email the rector who visited me to ask him to come again. Then Wednesday comes and I kick myself for not remembering. Oh well, I will remember one of these days. It's a real drag not being able to move on my own since apparently it's too difficult to give me a shower and then get me up in my chair. And you know what? It does involve moving me twice with the Hoyer and I do take a long time for any interaction. It is a drag and frustrating and I end up staying in bed a lot more than I would like.
The person I replied to yesterday called and we spoke for a while about Humphrey‘s background and other things. She thought it was an ad for my mother and I clarified that I was the one who needed help. That confirmed that I sound great on the phone, not so much in person. She is going to come by on Monday to meet me, mom and Humphrey and iron out details for Wednesday. Fabulous!
Thursday, August 15th
My therapist came and I spent the whole time talking about Humphrey and dealing with his (imminent?) demise. She has six, count ‘em, six cats herself and she mentioned she has had cats who have had kidney disease and survived for years. So that gives me hope that Humphrey could last for a little while longer. Wonderful!
Friday, August 16th
I couldn't remember if anything had happened on Friday. I did remember that I had not talked about my catheter change on Monday. Which had turned into Wednesday afternoon. I get my catheter changed once a month and I have to laugh at the idea that on Maui I went to the urologist’s office to have it changed, whereas here the doctor comes by and changes it in less than five minutes. As I found out today when they removed the old catheter, they had put in the wrong one last month. It had been very uncomfortable and I was really glad to get the right one this month. It feels like nothing, which is what I should say about it. I had talked to everyone a lot so everyone should be a little more aware when we do this again next month. I certainly know what to look out for now.
Saturday, August 17th
My sister was planning on arriving early and leaving early as she has to fly to Maui tomorrow for work. She ended up sleeping late, which is just as well as I know she could use the sleep. She was able to bring me a gluten-free baked good that was very delicious. She wasn't able to bring Humphrey though. I am excited at the prospect that someone else could be available to bring Humphrey when my regulars are not around. She gave me a hard time about not getting out of bed during the week, but there are only certain times when I can and if the CNAs can't get me up then, I am out of luck. I had to try really hard not to say this is the downside of living in a care facility. I got up almost every day when I lived at home.
Sunday, August 18th
Mom stopped by after lunch we had a nice chat. I need a new pillow for my head since I have been using a Tempur-Pedic pillow for close to 10 years now. It‘s made specifically to support my head really nicely but it needs to be lying flat on the bed and ever since I got to the hospital, the pillow has been at an angle because that's just how everything needs to be propped up around me. So my head has just lying on a flat surface and is not supported. But I am also used to a very firm pillow and a regular pillow won't do. Mom found a new Tempur-Pedic pillow; they are very expensive and you can't return them once you‘ve bought it. She's looking for a cheaper, but still firm alternative.
I replied to three more applicants for the pet sitting job. One person texted me within minutes of getting my reply. She will call me tomorrow and we can set something up. Maybe she could even come by tomorrow at the end of Humphrey's visit. That would be great to have two people who could fill in when there were gaps in the schedule. Cross your fingers! I had my sister take a picture of me and it looks a little bit like a mug shot in bed. I titled it Help! I need a haircut! I will get one at the end of this month. Have a great week!
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