Dad's Home
My Mom is a super 84 yr old woman, SUPERwoman! Against all odds and the nursing home that did not want to release their cash cow, I mean my Dad - she got him home.What a nightmare she went through with all the beuracracy and redoing her house to make it wheelchair friendly. Fighting with doctors and insurance companies. Getting home health care lined up while fighting her "falling" which bruised and cut her up, she succeeded. Dad is home. He sits in a wheelchair during the day and is put to bed fairly early in the evening. He still spends most of his time doing what he enjoys the most, SLEEPING. He likes to sleep as much as dogs do.
My mother seems happy to have her husband home even if it is making her look a bit more frazzled. Between 12 hrs of home health care and us 5 brats, we will make sure our parents are happy. I heard my Dad say once that he wanted to be "carried out of his home" (of 50 years) when the time was up. While he spent two years during a pandemic in that nursing facility - those words haunted me. Just maybe he will get his wish.
The time may come when us siblings come together and have to put them in an assisted living facility but not today.
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I also have those wishes haunting me.
Both my father and his older brother across town are living alone. Neither of my older siblings would ever go live and there indefinitely.
Some day we will be singing "I did it my way' and
smiling. We, meaning their ever expanding legacy who will gather to honor their resilience and dedication to their families.
Hugs to you all!