A happy day with Barbara

For once, a happy day - had a very good afternoon with Barbara, and even though she cannot put together sentences with difficult words, she understood everything I had to tell her. That was long and complicated - I gave her a report on what I have done in the apartment, explained the preparations in the case she returns home, and the whole story of Engelbert, which she knew nothing about.

Combination of a wife who can barely utter three quiet words in a sequence and a husband who is a bit hard of hearing can have its comical moments. Oy, Talkin' bout my generation - everybody's making fun of our generation (for you over 30 who are techno-logically retarded: if text changes color it probably means that if you click on it, something will happen). Concerning simple, doable matters:

1. She does not want an Ipad to type her words on - says that would be too tiring. I suggest one tries a children's erasable white board where one writes guesses of a word she want to say (she knows what she wants to say, just cannot get the words out) to help her complete sentences? She who used to speak so well...
2. I told her about her Oratorio Society friends, and she said yes, they can come and see her. Mimi will schedule them, no more than one at any given time.

The current situation is this; they have pulled the day sitter. The night sitter is there from 8pm to 8am. Ed arrives between 10 and 12am and is there typically to 7pm. The social worker said that they have contacted a few sub acute facilities and will be discharging Barbara as soon as the facility has been selected by Ed and Mimi.

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