[Magdalen] Prayers tonight

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

It is Marcy refusing to give in to her losses.  Only by flat out refusing
to admit it can she resist this disease.

It is hard to respect the person's need to refuse to admit they cannot, and
yet continue to take care of them in full acknowledgement that they cannot.

Are you able to get answers from skilled nursing experts on how to handle
this denial?

A question to ask yourself at some time:
If you were to place Marcy in a care center of some kind, what would that
mean for you?


James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 11:29 PM, AT&T <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote:

> Please pray tonight. This evening, Marcy decided to get up from her lift
> chair to get her blanket and get back in her chair. Had she succeeded in
> the first part, it's guaranteed that she would have fallen, and probably
> hurt herself. I asked the aide to get the blanket, but Marcy refused to let
> the aide put it on her, so Marcy sat with the blanket bundled on her for
> the next 45 minutes. After I gave Marcy her evening meds, she asked me to
> spread out her blanket. I told that when she wanted the blanket, she could
> ask the aide. Silence. Later she asks from this blank and the aide complied.
>
> Marcy lately has been showing more denial about her condition. I'm
> wondering what to do.
>
> Jim Handsfield
> Sent from my iPhone