Wednesday, June 29, 2022Tonight's picture was taken in June of 2006. Mattie was four years old and like so many weekends, that day we went to Roosevelt Island. It was a place Mattie absolutely loved and it was just about five minutes by car from our home. The Island was a special place to walk in EVERY season. I miss those walks and whenever we were there after Mattie died, it felt like we were reconnecting with him. It is a special piece of nature for us, that as a family stimulated us when Mattie was well, it provided us joy when Mattie was undergoing cancer treatment, and it provided comfort and peace after Mattie died. How can one place serve all these roles? I don't know, but it did!
Quote of the day: Dementia does not rob someone of their dignity. It’s our reaction to them that does. ~ Teepa Snow
Sunny was activated last night. He wanted to go outside, especially in the front of the house. No surprise, look who was trotting around? Mr. Fox!
Peter took Sunny to the vet by 7am. Sunny needed another urine culture, as his last sample got lost in transit. Which I was not happy about. Poor Sunny thought he was going on an adventure. By the time he got to the vet, he was shaking from fear. Sunny is now down to 60 pounds. So he has lost 10 pounds so far on chemo.
My dad went to the memory center today. While there, I called the outpatient rehab clinic at the hospital we go to. I received scripts from my dad's rehab doctor, and arranged for all three therapies. The woman on the phone was throwing dates at me so quickly, I was scribbling them down and trying to make sense out of them. All I know is my summer is completely filled with balancing my dad's needs. The schedule is hard enough, but now add on a thirty minute drive each way, twice a week, on top of my mom's PT sessions (twice a week) and I am done!
Just so you know, I also have a cat buddy, Miss Indie! A loving and loyal soul.
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