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| L to R: Karen, Ursula, Justine, Shiro, & Mom. |
Mom also got her first massage today. Albert from Hospice Hawai'i came by in the early afternoon. He started with her feet, then did calves (which used to cramp a lot), and also did her hands. She said she would like him to come back again, so he is now scheduled to see her every Tuesday around 12:30 pm.
With everything going on, we kept Mom up for a lot of the morning. In fact, she did not get to take a nap until about 4 pm and was back up at 6 pm for the Skype session, then dinner and dessert. She did not get back to her bed until Denise (the overnight caregiver from Ho'okele) showed up at 9 pm. It will be interesting to see if she sleeps better this evening.
I ran a bunch of errands in the morning. One of the things I wanted to do was find a better fan for Mom's room; one that had the controls on the front of the fan and that oscillated. Right now she has a box fan which has the controls on the back of the fan. I found a 12" desk fan at City Mill that met all the requirements and it was only $20! I will be getting 2 more, one for the guest room and one to replace the fan in my room that has issues. (You need to spin the blades to get it to start up, kind of like jump starting a car.)
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| Xander ponders how to assemble the fan without opposable thumbs. |
We have been having a lot of problem with ants. It appears that they are coming in looking for water, especially since they ignored the tasty old pork rinds! The toilet by the guest room was running so I took the cover off to check out what the problem was and was confronted with a mass of ants; they looked like a herd of zebras at the watering hole! I went to check out the main bathroom and found a similar situation, though not quite as many ants.
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| Ants in the main bathroom, scurrying for cover. |
Kai arrived tonight at about 11 pm. He will be helping to take care of Grandma on the night shift beginning tomorrow evening. Since he stays up most of the night anyway, we thought it was a good use of his energy.
When Aunty Florence arrived, she had brought a bag of Seattle's Best coffee. Unfortunately she brought a bag of whole beans and Mom does not have a coffee grinder. So I went to Kokua Market early yesterday morning to use their grinder at the bulk coffee area.
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| It was a good thing they had pictographs to tell me what grind to use! |
I returned to find Aunty Florence and Tomiko talking story with Mom. They continued after breakfast, while sipping their coffee.
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| L to R: Mom, Sunty Florence, & Tomiko. |
Last night one of the errands Tomiko did was to go to Longs Drugs and print some photos that she had taken at Mom's 90th birthday party in Las Vegas. I added captions of who was in the photos and put them in to plastic sleeves in a 3-ring binder for Mom. She really liked that.
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| Some of the photos before captions were added. |
While they were out running errands, Aunty Florence and Tomiko decided to replace Mom's old dish rack, which was rusting away.
I ended up having to also scrub the calcium deposits off the sink. After I began cleaning things up around the dish rack I couldn't just leave the calcium build up.
Before she went to bed, Tomiko gave Mom a big good night hug. Those cats! Nothing seems to phase them!
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| Xander tolerates Tomiko's hugs. |
I almost forgot to mention that I got an e-mail just before midnight on Sunday. Sara's brother saw an orange cat that they think is Momo at about 11:30 that night. I talked to Sara on Monday; she said about a month ago the cat hung around for about a week, mainly late at night. I told her to give me a call no matter what time they see the orange cat and I will come over and see if it is Momo. So far, no call.
Happy Birthday to Tom, Laura, Pedro, & Jeannine! Happy Belated Birthday to Heather! Happy Belated 18th Anniversary to Tom & Carrie!
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