same old, same old

Marge stays about the same. Slow downhill. In a re-evaluation,that was the result. Call us again when there's a change.
Oh yes, Sat. night I had a slight stroke, a TIA.
Spent tbe weekend in the hospital,but no permament damage.
Also known as "getting a little older"
Political thought. Maybe high testosteran levels trigger both a need for rape,
and a surge of political aims.
Witness our ex cal. governor, and France's nearly president.
Anyway, it's "same old,same old" for Marge and me.

Glen Beck

Good news today! The NYTimes reported that this jerk may start his own channel, and
leave Fox News!! I hope he takes Laura Inghram with him. Now I won't have to shift to CNN whenever he comes on fox!!

 

spring

After a long winter, spring seems to be trying to make up for the long winter. The picture is a cardinal at our bird feeder. Been trying to get a picture thru the screen for a long time with no success, but finally got one. No where near my daughter's quality, but fun. Time passes on, but slowly. Can't help but reminice, but have to admit that age would prohibit a lot of my old time fun things whereever I lived. Marge is still able to get around, but very shakey.

update

Since my last post,things have changed. Marge showed so much improvement Hospice bowed out, at least temporarily. But the basic problem, Alzheimers, is still with us, it never really improves. The slow downhill slide still goes on. Unfortunately,
I still get older too. Example, I can no longer walk our dog, the simple task of remaking our bed gets unbelievably harder.
I really miss South Florida, North Palm Beach, racing and tnen cruising our sailboats,The many clubs we belonged to and used a great deal. Jogging 6 miles, teaching bridge and directing duplicate games, around home and on many cruise ships.
I blame Tallahassee for losing all this. but the real cause of course is I got OLD!!
So when I get lonely for all this, I realize I'm much better off here especially for all the help I get from our daughter, Debbie (Abbie), and the fact that we live in a
wonderful retirement village.
So there!

A Miracle ?

On nov.17, we called in hospice, and they accepted Marge. She couldn't walk without a walker, and hospice gave us a wheelchair, which was a godsend.
she was spending about 20-22 hours a day in bed. What possessed me I don't know (miracle?), but I took it upon myself to stop giving her one of about 9 meds
she had been taking for about 4 years, caduet. The list of side affects is voluminous! Any way, she perked right up, started walking again, and although she still spends a lot of time in bed, and still has short term memory losses, it's a world of difference, and hospice will probably bow out of the picture at least for a while!

Pictures below are Marge and I getting ready for the Christmas party here at Westminster Oaks and a few shots of the party. Also our dog watching!!
It was a great party and well attended

Pearl Harbor Day
69 years ago today, I was being driven back to Ann Arbor by my parents after spending the weekend at home in Detroit. I was a freshman at the Univ. of Mich. We were listening to the radio. It came on, Pearl Harbor has been bombed! I asked my Dad " where's Pearl Harbor" Neither of my parents knew, but my Dad said " this could be serious, might even be war!
One year later. I was in the air corp, beginning my training that led to becoming a first pilot on B-24s, and flying 27 sorties over Germany and other targets until the war in europe ended.

Yesterday, Nov.17, Marge was admitted to Hospice as a patient
RHD

PLATEAUS

Marge has been fairly steady for the last few weeks until about a week ago.
The change has been quite rapid, and quite scary! She has been staying in bed
for up to 20 hrs. She just stays quietly sitting when she does get up. She now relies completely on her walker, and she had been scornful of it, and wouldn't
use it at all. Of course all of this has been expected, but the change has been
sudden. We, Deb and I, now know that the next step is looming. That is, getting
much more care than I am capable of, and will probably include moving her to
Parry center for good. Of course that's one of the reasons we came here to
Westminster Oaks.
RHD
PS Marge will be 86 this Sunday, Nov. 21

This n that

Below are three new posts:

Debbie's dog Trixie cosying up to a fake dog!


Me with a new mustache, which I have already shaved off!

The front of our house here with a view of my rose garden

of which I'm very proud!!!