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Guard Dad said:
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"She who adores me" is feeling much better. She insisted on doing some housework yesterday, in spite of me telling her not to, and we went out to eat BBQ last night. She's out getting her hair did today, so that's definitely a sign of normalcy with her.

Blood pressure is good since getting her on medication for it. Might not even need it once all this is behind us. This whole thing is due to stress.

One of her sisters has found a memory care facility that is looking very promising. The hurdle now will be to convince their father to go along with it, which is not going to be easy. But we're all gonna go see him and try to make him realize it's necessary.

So there might be light at the end of the tunnel.

Thanks again for all the prayers and well-wishes.
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If you can find a good home with a good memory care unit, it can be a Godsend. I've been pleased with mom's so far, they brought in a Llama the other day for the ladies in the unit to meet. Heck, *I* never got to have Llama at *my* house.
 
Update on "She who adores me"

She has recovered very well physically, but very weak emotionally. So much as thinking about her parent's situation drives her BP sky high, even with her meds.

Her sisters are supposed to talk to their dad Thursday afternoon about going into assisted living. I'm afraid this is going to get very ugly, and we've pretty much made the decision that "She who adores me" will not go. I just don't think she can take it right now. I'll go in her place if the sisters want me to.

Please pray that God will soften their dad's heart and let him accept what must be done.
 
Guard Dad said:
Update on "She who adores me"

She has recovered very well physically, but very weak emotionally. So much as thinking about her parent's situation drives her BP sky high, even with her meds.

Her sisters are supposed to talk to their dad Thursday afternoon about going into assisted living. I'm afraid this is going to get very ugly, and we've pretty much made the decision that "She who adores me" will not go. I just don't think she can take it right now. I'll go in her place if the sisters want me to.

Please pray that God will soften their dad's heart and let him accept what must be done.
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Wow, tough situation. We were lucky and were able to use the argument that Mom needed to be used to being in the assisted living when Dad passed to get him to move in. I was stressing out big time trying to keep two houses going.

Praying for ya'll.
 
Guard Dad said:
Update on "She who adores me"

She has recovered very well physically, but very weak emotionally. So much as thinking about her parent's situation drives her BP sky high, even with her meds.

Her sisters are supposed to talk to their dad Thursday afternoon about going into assisted living. I'm afraid this is going to get very ugly, and we've pretty much made the decision that "She who adores me" will not go. I just don't think she can take it right now. I'll go in her place if the sisters want me to.

Please pray that God will soften their dad's heart and let him accept what must be done.
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My father will be 88 in May. Right now, he's at my sister's in AZ. She would like him to move down there and stay with them permanently, but right now he's against it. He told me he wants to continue living in his house because he wants to remain independent. He still gets around pretty good for his age and is pretty active, but his health is declining. He is also suffering from depression since Mom passed away and the depression gets worse when he's at his home by himself. My sister says he is doing well at her place and his depression has lessened. My sister is home all day, so they hang out together and do things. He does much better there with her and her husband.
 
This is not unexpected, but we suspect "She who adores me's" dad will not last much longer. He's been in kidney failure for a long time now, and he's already lived longer than the doctors said. We think God kept him around just to take care of "She who adores me's mom". Now that she is gone, he is going downhill very fast and is in hospice care. So we're expecting him to check out on us any day now.

I am very concerned about "She who adores me". I don't think she ever really processed the loss of her mother because of having to take care of her dad and the business end of things, so when he passes I fear it will hit her double hard.

Prayers and good thoughts appreciated.
 
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