Dear Family,It seems I have been tardy of late. Never mind, the day will come when I have LOTS of time. I have seen the Dr. (with Peter), seen the "home care" nurse, & she has "intervued" (???) Peter.
He is now on the waiting list. I have a few feelings of guilt, but my old body just can't hang in there much longer. I am busy ALL day, & at the end of the day, DON'T ask me what I did, for I will have to tell you, NOTHING. Day in & day out. He is visibly worse every few days now, whereas before, I noticed changes every few weeks.
I am planning on taking him up to Calgary on Wed., home Thurs. Then to Whitefish on Friday, home Sunday or Monday. Dan leaves again for Arizona on 18th, so I want Peter to see him & the others before Dan leaves, as it might be the last time Peter would see him. Of course, we will see Lin then too. Winter is a VERY busy time at Markus's, with Drews' hockey on every week end.
Peter is VERY healthy physically, is just his mind that has left him. He will probably be around for quite some time, but at least the grandchildren will see him in time for him to "recognise"
them, more or less.
I am HOPING to get to Manitoba for Mos' induction on March 13th. I have booked a flight, but of course, if Peter is still here by then, (one never knows when a space will be available,) I will
probably not be able to go, as there is no family close to leave him with, & he CERTAINLY can't be left alone.
I am looking forward to a "normal" life, but will feel a bit of pressure for the first few weeks. Once he is "settled in" I will feel more comfortable.
It was good to hear from you Lisa. Stew rang a couple of nights ago. We yaccked for over 40 minutes. It was great to hear from him. Also talked to Cookie a couple of times. I will ring Cec as soon as I finish driving Peter around.
Also, always good to hear from Sara & Bernice. Thanks to you two, for being so faithful. It would be nice to hear from the Tullys, to see how things are going with their new jobs???
My friend Marg Harris (Kanahooka), has left today, to visit her grand daughter in Paris. She will be gone 2 weeks. She keeps me up on all the Aussie news. We have had no word of the fires lately, but have heard the news of the floods.
I tried to ring Johnno for his b'day on the third. Talked to Vicki 3 times, but never did get Johnno. I'll ring again in a few weeks. I didn't get Marg P. for her birthday either.
Has anyone talked to Bob or Trish? I think Trish has a computer, so may be able to log on???
