[Magdalen] Prayers tonight

[Ginga Wilder]

Praying for Marcy and for you, Jim.  Constantly.  Thank you for keeping us
updated on how the two of you are doing.

Ginga

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 3:08 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>