A Centenarian!
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Today
Grandpa Jean is now very, very weak and very, very thin. He takes in enough fluid and enough food daily to make it through another day. I bought a baby bottle, and John is able to squirt water into his mouth, which he can usually swallow. He doesn't speak much. Sometimes he mouths words. Usually he just nods weakly "yes" or shakes his head "no". We still get him up twice a day to sit at the table. He watches a little bit of tv. We have been able to avoid bed sores till recently, but now he has one on his left elbow. He doesn't move his left arm when he's lying down, so a pressure sore has developed there. We're treating it as best as we can. He is not in pain. His nurse said she has never seen anyone like him!
Monday, May 30, 2016
Friday, April 29, 2016
Conversation
When John gets his dad up and sets him at the edge of his bed, Jean is disoriented, and he almost always asks, "Where am I?"
The other day, John responded with, "You're in the United States of America."
Jean said, "Well what do you know. I've been there before."
John said, "The USA is a big place. So you're in Kentucky."
Jean: "Where is that?"
John: "In the middle. Not in the north, not in the south."
Jean. "Where is it then?"
John: "In the middle."
Jean: "I'll take two of them."
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A different day - John: "Are you hungry?"
Jean: "I don't know. I never went to school."
John: "Yes, you did. You played on the football team. You played half-back."
Jean: "What about the other half?"
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Jean, sitting at his table, asked, "Who's Mary?"
John: "Mary who?"
Jean pointed to writing on one of the mugs in front of him.
John: "That says 'Merry Christmas'."
Jean: "Who's she?"
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