Thursday, May 26, 2011

update from hospice house

Dear Friends,
Neil was moved to hospice house yesterday.  It is a lovely place with wonderful people.
Our kids are here now along with ron rabin. they are laughing and talking and having fun.
Neil is at his best when whe is entertaining and around people.. it is his vitiman  B12.
I had a talk with the hospice nurse today. and met the  social worker and the dr.
Neil had hit a low point yesterday morning, but after a visit from molly ballow, linda and ron. and rala and russell
he improved dramatically, by the time we got to hospice i was feeling guilty for briinging him here.
We are so grateful for having the most unbelievable friends.. we do not know how to thank u.
There are no words.
The dr  here said she  will evaluate neil over the next few days and tell us whether he shd stay here  or
go whether we shd make other arrangements. that will take 4-5 days. I will need a plan b.
Neil and I are both devasted by the fact that he can no longer get himself into the w.chair.
He has been in bed for several days now, he cannot move his body. He can still feed himself, but cannot
move his legs or his body.. Hospcie ssid they wd try tomorrow to use a hoyer to put hiim in a w.chair and
take him out in the garden.
He is weak and frail and sometimes makes sense and sometimes not.
He is sleeping more and more during the day.. but still lights up when he has company, of which we are fortunate enough to have no shortage.
cheryl

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