Zoë and her Nana
We took a spur of the moment road trip to Spokane on Monday. Kelly's grandma Millie (Nana) fell twice last weekend. First on Saturday and she wasn't found until Sunday evening. Then again Sunday about a half an hour after my brother-in-law left. She was on the ground again until Monday morning when my BIL came back to check on her. It was a rough weekend for Nana.
As unfortunate as it is that she fell, there is a silver lining. She is now willing to move into an assisted living facility. We have all been trying to get her to move into one for about six years and she stubbornly refused. This is a welcome change. On Monday she even turned her car into the dealership! I didn't think I would ever see that happen while she was on this earth. The people of Spokane are much safer on the road now.
So, Zoë and I are in Spokane to help take care of Nana (and to make sure she stays vertical.) Kelly is going to join us on Friday when he gets back from Chicago. My BIL Nick has taken the last two days off of work to help, but I don't want him to have to do that when I don't really have anything going on. So Zoë misses a couple days of preschool. No big deal. And frankly after last Thursday (when the preschool director called me and told me that I should come get her because she was being so naughty) I am not that eager to go back.
Zoë has been so so sweet and helpful. I told her on Monday morning that we were going to Spokane to take care of Nana because she kept falling she said, "I will bring her some Diego bandages to make her boo boos all better. And I will hold on to her very tight so she won't fall down." We spent almost three hours at the cardiologists office yesterday and Zoë was the best kid. I couldn't ask for anything more.
We are hoping that we can get Nana into the assisted living facility right down the street from my BIL. With any luck we can move her in on Saturday. The facility is taking their sweet time getting back to me. I am not good at the hurry up and wait game. I want to get things moving! And with that I am off to pick up medications. Have a good day!
Hey, let me know which facility it is, and I can let you know how good they are- benefits of being a Home Health Therapist...I get the inside scoop!
Posted by: Angela Parris | April 02, 2008 at 12:34 PM