Easter and/or Spoonbill of Bliss
Apr. 21st, 2019 11:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ismoMission accomplished. We set off in good time this morning. It was a beautiful spring day. I got all dressed up for the occasion. In fact, I was wearing the same outfit that I got for Dr. Nurse's wedding, which was almost exactly a year ago. I don't often have a chance to wear it. Besides, I was rather morbidly wondering if this will be the last Easter Mother is with us, so I wanted to treat it as special. This consideration outweighed what a bother it is to wear a skirt. Alas, although I felt rather glamorous in a lacy pink tank top with matching cardigan, especially with my pearl earrings on, photos later revealed me looking like a big pink Easter marshmallow. Ah well. I was very relieved to come home and change into my jeans and my treasured Hamilton's Bar and Grill t-shirt from Saipan. I only wear it on special occasions. I left the pearl earrings on, though.
We arrived about 11 am. This was lucky because Mother was lying down on her bed, napping. It took a long time for her to wake up gently and realize who I was and what was going on, and permit her helper to get her into the wheelchair. Then I had to help her fix her hair and brush her teeth. I put her new pants and jacket in the closet, put the daffodils I brought on her windowsill, and showed her the hot cross buns I brought for her to have as a snack. I had pre-sliced and buttered them to make them easy to eat. I hope she will eat them, but I sadly predict she'll forget all about them and the Duchess will remove them after they've fossilized. However, we do what we can.
We met the Duchess and Duke, Dr. Nurse and Mr. Dr. Nurse, and Ikes and his family in the dining room. We brought Mother a big plate of assorted items from the buffet, hoping she'd eat at least some of it. She was so sleepy and tired that she could hardly get the spoon into her mouth. She did eat a good amount of orange jello and lemon cream pie. The Duchess and family all had to leave right after lunch. We took Mother back to her room and made sure she was comfortable in bed again. I hated to leave her, but I knew she'd sleep for a couple of hours and there would be no point in sitting there. Then drive drive drive again and so home to our own modest dinner of ham and mashed potatoes. And a few jelly beans.
The day was still bright when we arrived, but honestly I am exhausted. I didn't want to just sit around, but I couldn't think of anything I wanted to do, either. These repeated falls have so debilitated Mother. It is just heartbreaking to see her the way she is now. The lady who brings Communion from the local Catholic Church came in to check on her. She said she had come earlier and was so sad to see Mother like this. She is just tired, confused, and sad. She wants to sleep all the time. I tried to hold her hand as much as I could. I got her to say a few words on the phone to Queenie, whose birthday was yesterday. This was comforting to Queenie, I think, although I'm not sure Mother knew what she was saying. Mother told the Sparrowhawk again today that she has been seeing my father. She said that previously he didn't talk to her when she saw him, but now he does.
We arrived about 11 am. This was lucky because Mother was lying down on her bed, napping. It took a long time for her to wake up gently and realize who I was and what was going on, and permit her helper to get her into the wheelchair. Then I had to help her fix her hair and brush her teeth. I put her new pants and jacket in the closet, put the daffodils I brought on her windowsill, and showed her the hot cross buns I brought for her to have as a snack. I had pre-sliced and buttered them to make them easy to eat. I hope she will eat them, but I sadly predict she'll forget all about them and the Duchess will remove them after they've fossilized. However, we do what we can.
We met the Duchess and Duke, Dr. Nurse and Mr. Dr. Nurse, and Ikes and his family in the dining room. We brought Mother a big plate of assorted items from the buffet, hoping she'd eat at least some of it. She was so sleepy and tired that she could hardly get the spoon into her mouth. She did eat a good amount of orange jello and lemon cream pie. The Duchess and family all had to leave right after lunch. We took Mother back to her room and made sure she was comfortable in bed again. I hated to leave her, but I knew she'd sleep for a couple of hours and there would be no point in sitting there. Then drive drive drive again and so home to our own modest dinner of ham and mashed potatoes. And a few jelly beans.
The day was still bright when we arrived, but honestly I am exhausted. I didn't want to just sit around, but I couldn't think of anything I wanted to do, either. These repeated falls have so debilitated Mother. It is just heartbreaking to see her the way she is now. The lady who brings Communion from the local Catholic Church came in to check on her. She said she had come earlier and was so sad to see Mother like this. She is just tired, confused, and sad. She wants to sleep all the time. I tried to hold her hand as much as I could. I got her to say a few words on the phone to Queenie, whose birthday was yesterday. This was comforting to Queenie, I think, although I'm not sure Mother knew what she was saying. Mother told the Sparrowhawk again today that she has been seeing my father. She said that previously he didn't talk to her when she saw him, but now he does.
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Date: 2019-04-23 02:00 am (UTC)