My brother seems to have recovered from his latest health episode. Now the weather is finally getting good and I feel a need to get him outside and away from the nursing home. Of course, this means that I have to give up on of my own few weekend days with good weather (so far the weather has been pretty bad this summer, lots of rain) to cart him around.
I was supposed to do it today, but spent too much time planning (booking hotel rooms) for my next vacation. This time, I took out trip insurance on the air fare. I sure hope he doesn't spoil another vacation with health problems.
Meanwhile, my husband has offered to bike over and take him for a walk. The walk won't be long, he can only do a few blocks without tiring out. It would have been better to put him in the car and change his scenery more. At least there is a four day weekend coming up and I will have an easier time finding the time to do this with him this coming weekend.
His "care" (the nursing home holds it every 3 months) meeting is coming up this week. I plan to agitate to let him out into the garden for more hours. They have had some patients fall when they were outside, so now they only let residents go out when there is someone in the courtyard. I would rather take the risk that he is going to fall and break bones than keep him confined inside all the time.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Saturday, June 1, 2013
everything is lovely
I took out my brother for breakfast this morning. Although not altogether chipper, he told me he was "lovely" and not experiencing any gastro symptoms anymore. Crisis averted!
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