Thursday, August 20

Cowboy his teeth back, a guitar to play and we have an appt next week to get him a new pair of shoes.  I ordered him two more pair of jeans and they should be here soon.  For a while there he was down to one or no jeans and I complained.  Where had they all gone?  The following week there were 5 pair in his closet..  Go figure.

Not much luck with the guitar.  I will tune it and give it to him, he will pluck it a few times and then lose interest.  Doesn't seem to remember where to place his fingers.  We are going to leave it in his room for awhile and see what happens.

The activity aide said Cowboy is still focused on keeping seed out for the birds.  Between my purchases and hers we are keeping that going.  He also is interested in some plants that were put out.  He will stand there and pick out little bits of leaves and sticks and such and pull any little weed that appears.

We still walk around outside some but he can't go but about once or twice around and needs to quit.  His mood remains good most of the time.  He had been losing a little weight and they added more snacks and it has stabilized.

I attended the support meeting on Tuesday.  I like that they changed it to 1:30 and will keep going but am not sure it does much for me.  I do enjoy visiting with others.  This week we discussed hospice care and how it works.

It finally rained here last night.  We had gone 41 days without a drop.  It is nice and cool outside and I am going to go out and put a hex on all the weeds. 

Tomorrow I will go see Cowboy.

Friday, August 7

I went to see Cowboy on Tuesday and will be going again tomorrow.  I stayed over Tuesday night and we went to see the dermatologist on Wednesday morning.  He removed the discoloration of one mole and said he was sure it was not cancerous.  He froze a second one as a precaution.  He said that Cowboy's skin was actually in very good shape for an 85 year old.  All good news.

After our appointment we played hooky and went to McDonald's and have a cup of coffee.  Cowboy really enjoyed it.

I met with staff on Wednesday as well.  We discussed the fact that he is not very active and not very social and what could we do that might stimulate him.  Since his only great loves are motorcycles and music and motorcycles are out we concentrated on the music idea.  I told them that they used to do karaoke sometimes and he would sing away maybe they could add that into their activities.  We also talked about him playing the guitar back in the day.  He quit about 5 or 6 years ago.  The social worker suggested we try that and I agreed to bring a guitar for him.

I gave one of his guitars to the school and sold his fender so I got on Amazon and ordered a guitar for him.  Nothing expensive but good enough to see if this works.

Cowboy gets his partial back this coming Monday.  We get to see the podiatrist later this month and will get him a new pair of diabetic shoes.  Progress...

Saturday, August 1

I can't even say what has happened in the last two weeks.  I guess it hasn't been much.

I have been researching potential trips I might take but nothing definite yet.  I also finally spent a couple of days going through old music.  I have managed to accumulate quite a bit and I never throw any away.  I still have stuff from before I was grown.

I made contact with a Red Hat group.  We went to a quaint little tea place called Kupa Tea.  Wonderful food.  They only meet once a month but I liked the ladies.  I look forward to having a little social activity.

I have been to see Cowboy twice in each of two weeks since I last posted.  We have fed the birds, taken walks, watched tv.  I have given him a manicure.  He has generally been fine.  We have two doctor appointments during August.  We are going to see a dermatologist about a mole on his back and a podiatrist and get him a new pair of shoes.  Just finished up with dental appointments.  He had two more teeth pulled and his partial is in the process of being modified.

I attended a support group meeting.  They were doing them at 4:30 and I had not been attending.  They changed it to 1:30 so  I can go and still get home at a reasonable time.  There were about 6 of us and we had a good discussion.