Post from Alice

Flying home from Cabo at 30,000 feet I decided to check my email and saw the below note from Alice, Lily's health aide, who visits her usually once per week. However, this week she graciously volunteered to come one evening also to help with Lily while we were gone.


I was very excited to see what she wrote and am looking forward to getting home and seeing if I notice any changes or if this is just one of her better days, although "her better days" are coming less often. I would like to think she is benefiting from the Exelon patch which she has been wearing the last 3 weeks or so.

Note from Alice


HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD VACATION AND RETURNED HOME SAFELY....




TONIGHT WHEN I WENT TO YOUR HOME AND STAYED WITH ELIZABETH, I WAS TOTALLY AMAZED AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT KIND OF MEDS SHE IS ON, AND WHAT IS THE PATCH FOR??



SHE WAS ALONE WHEN I WENT AND SHE SAID, "I JUST GOT HOME, AND EMILY WENT TO HER DANCE. SHE WILL BE BACK LATER. SHE LEFT AROUND 5;00PM."



THERE WAS TWO PACKAGES AT FRONT DOOR. ELIZABETH BROUGHT IN THE LIVING ROOM, AND SAID THEY WERE FOR DAN. HE WAS ON A TRIP, SO SHE WOULD JUST PUT THEM THERE FOR HIM, WHEN HE GOT BACK.....



LATER, SHE SAID, "EMILY WENT TO DANCE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE IS GOING TO DO WHEN SHE GETS OUT OF SCHOOL. I DON'T THINK YOU MAKE MUCH MONEY DANCING"



LATER, SHE SAID, "I HAVE BEEN GONE ALL DAY. SAME PLACE I GO EVERY DAY, WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE." I ASKED WHAT SHE DID THERE AND SHE SAID, "MOSTLY, JUST WATCH TV AND SIT AROUND AND EAT. TODAY THEY WANTED US TO GO OUTSIDE AND WALK, BUT TOO COLD AND I DIDN'T WANT TO GO."



LATER, SHE SAID, " DAN AND KERRY TOOK RYAN AND WENT ON A TRIP. THEY WILL BE BACK TOMORROW OR SUNDAY. THEY HAVE BEEN GONE A WEEK."



"I MISS RYAN, I AM SO USED TO HIM BEING AROUND, WHEN HE IS NOT HERE I MISS HIM"



SHE SAID, MORE THAN ONCE, SHE MISSED RYAN. AND SHE MENTIONED YOU AND DAN SEVERAL TIMES.



AS A RULE, ELIZABETH DOES NOT REMEMBER NAMES, AND I STARTED WRITING DOWN WHAT SHE WAS SAYING, BECAUSE SHE SEEM SO IN THE PRESENT.

WHEN I TOLD HER, IT WAS TIME TO GO GET READY FOR BED, SHE SAID SHE WOULD WALK ME OUT TO THE CAR. BUT I TOLD HER THAT SHE NEEDED TO GET READY FOR BED BEFORE I LEFT.



SHE WENT UPSTAIRS AND PUT HER PJ'S ON AND CAME BACK DOWN STAIRS AND SAID, SHE WAS GOING TO LEAVE A LIGHT ON FOR EMILY, BECAUSE SHE WOULD BE HOME SOON .



I MADE SOME SPAGETTI AND BROUGHT SOME FOR EMILY TOO. ELIZABETH AND I ALSO ATE A BLIZZARD FROM DAIRY CREAM. SHE LOVED IT.....



SO, AGAIN HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL TRIP...



ALICE C