Michael is leaving.

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Everyone was there eating at the dining table.  Mom wasn't sure what to do.  I put a fork in her food and she started eating.  We had baked chicken, rice and mixed Italian veggies.  Dessert was orange cake.  It tastes like a creamsicle.  Yum! Mom ate about half her meal, her pieces of orange and one spoonful of orange cake.  She also ate part of the orange peel.  I wonder if she usually eats the peel if I am not there.

When I went to mom's room, I noticed the smell of poop.  I couldn't figure out where it was coming from.  Then, I found it sitting on mom's night table, a poopy diaper.  I disposed of it.  After dinner I toilet mom.  I changed her clothes because there were stains that I suspected were pee or poop.  There was poop caked on her bum.  I used two warm towels to wipe her bum.  I noticed some red streaks, that might be sores.  I finished off with the usually paper towel and moisturizing spray.

The care aide said I should mention to the nurse that mom had dried poop on her bum.  She said that she should have been checked earlier.

I combed mom's hair, wiped her face and brushed her teeth.

We played card bingo in the kitchen with Michael, Donna and mom.  Chris was there too.
Michael told us that he was leaving tomorrow to go to White Rock to live on his own.  I was in disbelief.  We will miss him.  Now, there is no one to play cards with.  I will have to find a new activity.