Bed Sores

October 29, 2008

Dear Family,

Hi. How are you doing today? Good, I hope. Are you all ready for Halloween? Funny how the older we get the less excited we are, until we have kids of our own and it is even more fun than it was when we were little. I hope you each have a wonderful Halloween.

Mom and dad are doing OK, but things have changed a little. Dad has developed a bed sore on his tail bone, probably from sitting in a chair all day. Monday the hospice nurse came by the house and told mom she thought dad should stay at the Carriage House until the sore heals. There they will turn him every two hours or so, which mom can't do at home.

It has been kind of hard on mom. First of all she feels bad about letting dad get the sore. She feels like it is her fault because she is the one who wanted dad to come home every day. The truth is that bed sores just happen, no matter how good a job you do taking care of someone. Hopefully dad will heal quickly. In the meantime, we will try to take mom out to visit him at the nursing home every day.

Besides that, things are pretty much the same. Thanks for all your prayers and love. They mean a lot to mom and dad, and to the rest of us here in Snowflake.

We love you, Aunt Gale