Dec 3, 2006
We took Janet and John to brunch at the Conference Center on Sunday – a very nice affair (for those who can eat ;-)). There were omelets made-to-order, all kinds of breakfast and lunch items, and many different kinds of desserts. After that we went to the university’s art museum. Some of it, like the Audubon collection, Gary and I had seen with István Juhasz when he visited last spring, but other items in the collection were new to us. We had an enjoyable time, staying for about an hour-and-a-half. I fear I miss about 99.9+% of what art is supposed to be about, though. We ran into Virginia Transue near the end of our stay, and she told me some stories about some of the paintings – I wished she had been with us the whole time :-)
After that, Janet and John went back to their hotel for a bit, and Gary and I went to Kroger. For some reason, I was horrendously tired in the evening, and I just kind of muddled through while Janet and John came back for a couple hours for the last of their visit.
Later, when I went to help Gary with his routine, he said we have a very computer-literate cat – Tigger had managed to walk over the keyboard while Gary was on the computer and pulled up something called “windows narrator,” which we did not know was on there. A few years ago, Tigger walked across the keyboard and up popped a calculator, which we also didn’t know was on the computer. The calculator, at least, has been very useful.
Dec 4, 2006
Well, Tigger may be computer-literate, but he is not a welcome sight in the middle of the night. Somehow I missed seeing him before going to bed, and he ended up on “our” side of the cat barrier. Gary said Tigger was very affectionate at 2 a.m., jumping up on the hospital bed and purring away and licking Gary’s face. Fortunately for me Gary wasn’t disturbed enough to skyrocket me out of bed by calling me on the walkie-talkie to tell me of the intruder. Gary fell back asleep, and he thought that cat must have left because when he did his 3 a.m. IC there was no sign of him. But the cat turned up again in his bed about 3:30. And then he came to visit me, but not in nearly as endearing a manner – he scratched furiously on my door and yelled out meows. So I was ripped out of sleep and had to find the little bugger and put him outside.
In the evening, for the first time, the bus didn’t come when scheduled to pick Gary up. They didn’t answer when Gary called to remind them he was waiting for them, so I ended up having to get Gary. The bus people claimed the reason they didn’t come had something to do with the fact that the power in their office went out, but we’re not sure what they mean by that! Fortunately, this has been the only time they’ve forgotten to get Gary.
Dec 5, 2006
We got confirmation from Shepherd that we are on for Day Program from the 11th to the 22nd. Also, Gary’s therapy here officially ends this week (meaning insurance won’t pay for it any longer). Gary looked into working out at the university’s weight room, and it looks like that will be good – the person he spoke with said there would be someone to help him with his routine (he may need someone to hand the cable to him, for instance). Now Gary just has to figure out how to get to and from the weight room, either by using the university bus or the LETA bus.
For all but the transfer from futon to wheelchair and the shower transfers, I am now out of the room where Gary is doing the transfer. He still lets me know when he is going to do the transfer and counts to three out loud, though, so I can be prepared to run into the room he is in if he has any problem.
We took Janet and John to brunch at the Conference Center on Sunday – a very nice affair (for those who can eat ;-)). There were omelets made-to-order, all kinds of breakfast and lunch items, and many different kinds of desserts. After that we went to the university’s art museum. Some of it, like the Audubon collection, Gary and I had seen with István Juhasz when he visited last spring, but other items in the collection were new to us. We had an enjoyable time, staying for about an hour-and-a-half. I fear I miss about 99.9+% of what art is supposed to be about, though. We ran into Virginia Transue near the end of our stay, and she told me some stories about some of the paintings – I wished she had been with us the whole time :-)
After that, Janet and John went back to their hotel for a bit, and Gary and I went to Kroger. For some reason, I was horrendously tired in the evening, and I just kind of muddled through while Janet and John came back for a couple hours for the last of their visit.
Later, when I went to help Gary with his routine, he said we have a very computer-literate cat – Tigger had managed to walk over the keyboard while Gary was on the computer and pulled up something called “windows narrator,” which we did not know was on there. A few years ago, Tigger walked across the keyboard and up popped a calculator, which we also didn’t know was on the computer. The calculator, at least, has been very useful.
Dec 4, 2006
Well, Tigger may be computer-literate, but he is not a welcome sight in the middle of the night. Somehow I missed seeing him before going to bed, and he ended up on “our” side of the cat barrier. Gary said Tigger was very affectionate at 2 a.m., jumping up on the hospital bed and purring away and licking Gary’s face. Fortunately for me Gary wasn’t disturbed enough to skyrocket me out of bed by calling me on the walkie-talkie to tell me of the intruder. Gary fell back asleep, and he thought that cat must have left because when he did his 3 a.m. IC there was no sign of him. But the cat turned up again in his bed about 3:30. And then he came to visit me, but not in nearly as endearing a manner – he scratched furiously on my door and yelled out meows. So I was ripped out of sleep and had to find the little bugger and put him outside.
In the evening, for the first time, the bus didn’t come when scheduled to pick Gary up. They didn’t answer when Gary called to remind them he was waiting for them, so I ended up having to get Gary. The bus people claimed the reason they didn’t come had something to do with the fact that the power in their office went out, but we’re not sure what they mean by that! Fortunately, this has been the only time they’ve forgotten to get Gary.
Dec 5, 2006
We got confirmation from Shepherd that we are on for Day Program from the 11th to the 22nd. Also, Gary’s therapy here officially ends this week (meaning insurance won’t pay for it any longer). Gary looked into working out at the university’s weight room, and it looks like that will be good – the person he spoke with said there would be someone to help him with his routine (he may need someone to hand the cable to him, for instance). Now Gary just has to figure out how to get to and from the weight room, either by using the university bus or the LETA bus.
For all but the transfer from futon to wheelchair and the shower transfers, I am now out of the room where Gary is doing the transfer. He still lets me know when he is going to do the transfer and counts to three out loud, though, so I can be prepared to run into the room he is in if he has any problem.
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