I'm not gonna lie.... sometimes it's hard to keep a straight face.. but she usually calls me out if she thinks that I am laughing at her. She gave an 'oh my!' when I handed her this one... soooo soft, just makes you happy holding onto it! There was a little stress for her when she first started to knit both at once,, and then again when she was thinking that the needles go end-to-end. But after all that, she was a star!
away she goes! This day was a 'good day'.. so nice that we can say that! For the last 8 months of 2010 we would call these days "as good as it gets" or more frequently a "less than horrible day". Mom was on the 'wait list' to get into Riverview Hospital. Finally we got the call that there was a bed for her. She arrived there December 22nd 2010. It was NOT a "good day". Debbie and I sat with her for the better part of 6 hours as she screamed, cried, (ok.. remember at the beginning of this blog I said that some things would be hard to hear!) threw her food and hung onto the door jam with all her might. I read a book. Seriously! you have to identify when there are things that will make a difference and when you can do something as opposed to just 'being there'! All in all though - it was good that it was not a good day. They got to see her torment, her anguish. Alzheimer's had introduced dark depression into my mother's head. Dark. Very Dark. Why Riverview? ECT. yup that's right 'shock therapy'. Magic. Pure Magic! By the second treatment... her face looked physically different! brighter, lighter.. At this writing, she is still at Riverview. Now? waiting to get back to Deltaview! You see; if you have Alzheimers, you have to be very patient!
You may have heard that they are closing Riverview. In my view, the best facility out there. But the buildings are old, and the property is valuable. The gardens there are amazing. Acres and Acres. If you really like it, you can live there soon! Because of course, housing is so much more important than health care.
The staff there are gifted. Caring. For the most part, sad that it is closing. Mom's social worker there: compassionate. Her GP: so moved when he saw the changes after treatment. They are good. For the time being they shall be nameless, but when mom gets outta there... there might be a few stories! Just sayin...
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