Tuesday Update

Just talked to mom, Lisa was there and they were all getting acquainted.   Rough night.  Dad got up to go to the bathroom and got lost, so guess he had an accident.    Mom said she got him cleaned up and back to bed.  He slept until about 9:00.   They are now eating breakfast, and then Lisa is going to get dad cleaned up.  Mom is going to take off for a little bit.  Said she is not sure what to do, but she will get a few errands done and maybe go see Ada.  

Tammy, from Chancellor, left a message on my home machine late yesterday.  Said she knows dad has gotten worse, and she wanted to let us know that it shouldn't be too much longer.   They have a few very frail patients with medical issues, and we should be getting a call soon.  In other words, someone is going to die and that will free up a bed for dad.   Ugh - this doesn't seem right, but it is the truth.   Part of life we don't like to think about, but it is right here in front of us.   I told mom of the message for Tammy.   She is now wondering if a shared room would be a good thing.  Told her it's not the best, but at least dad would get in there.   If a shared comes up first, she can say no, but we don't know how much longer he would need to wait for a private room.   I just told Chancellor on Saturday, that we would take a shared room, if that opened up first.  Mom said she would think about it more.   Shared wouldn't be the best, but again, we don't know how much longer we would wait for a private room.   

Told mom I would call her this afternoon.  She was in good spirits, but I think a little lost with what to do with her free time away.