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The Bed by the Window

May 12, 2019May 12, 2019 Posted in aging, California, friends, hospital, humor, memoir, rehab, relationships3 Comments

(re-run from twelve and a half months ago) Another day, and it’s another dinner with Sis in the rehab wing. Her regular table mates at dinner, Rhonda and Cecily, are the most alert residents in the dining room. One is in her 90’s, the other over 100. Cecily smiles when I wave hello. Rhonda looks… Continue reading The Bed by the Window

Four Blobs of Beige

January 25, 2019January 23, 2019 Posted in aging, California, caregiver, dogs, family, hospital, humor, memoir, rehab, relationships, seniors, skilled nursing facility, Spanish, worstLeave a comment

(re-run) The lunch plate has a light beige blob, a medium beige blob, and a dark beige blob. One blob turns out to be pureed bagel. It is Sister’s rehab in a Jewish community home. The signs are in both English and Hebrew. The synagogue has gorgeous stained glass windows. The doors are all automatic.… Continue reading Four Blobs of Beige

Runaround Sue

April 28, 2018April 28, 2018 Posted in California, caregiver, drugstore, helpful strangers, hospital, memoir, rehab, sister, skilled nursing facilityLeave a comment

When a person has bilateral pneumonia (both lungs) and spends a week in the hospital and then two and half weeks in a skilled nursing facility, she needs breathing treatments after she goes home. So when the skilled nursing facility nurse handed me the meds during my sister’s discharge, including a box of liquid albuterol… Continue reading Runaround Sue

Daisy the Rescue Dog, Month # 5

April 26, 2018 Posted in animal adoption, animal rescue, California, caregiver, dogs, escape, humor, memoir, puppy love, rehab, relationships, sister, sonLeave a comment

Just when I think I’ve turned a corner with my little Jack Russell, she does something to remind me that she had a life somewhere else with someone else before I brought her home. My son was over helping me flip the rooms around so that my sister wouldn’t have to go up and down… Continue reading Daisy the Rescue Dog, Month # 5

The Bed by the Window

April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 Posted in aging, California, friends, hospital, humor, memoir, rehab, relationshipsLeave a comment

Another day, and it’s another dinner with Sis in the rehab wing. Her regular table mates at dinner, Rhonda and Cecily, are the most alert residents in the dining room. One is in her 90’s, the other over 100. Cecily smiles when I wave hello. Rhonda looks startled that I am there. I pull up… Continue reading The Bed by the Window

Four Blobs of Beige

April 9, 2018April 9, 2018 Posted in aging, California, caregiver, dogs, family, hospital, humor, memoir, rehab, relationships, seniors, skilled nursing facility, Spanish, worstLeave a comment

The lunch plate has a light beige blob, a medium beige blob, and a dark beige blob. One blob turns out to be pureed bagel. It is Sister’s rehab in a Jewish community home. The signs are in both English and Hebrew. The synagogue has gorgeous stained glass windows. The doors are all automatic. The… Continue reading Four Blobs of Beige

They Told Her to Go to Rehab

April 8, 2018April 9, 2018 Posted in California, children, cleaning, family, hospital, humor, memoir, mom, rehab, relationships, roommate, seniors, worstLeave a comment

It’s my sister’s second day of rehab after a one-week hospital stay, and I need to vent about the woman in the next bed. Actually, about her family. She has had a medical event that has changed her life. She is moving to a new place closer to one of her daughters. I found this… Continue reading They Told Her to Go to Rehab