[Magdalen] Prayers tonight

[Jay Weigel]

Praying for y'all, Jim. And I second Jim O.'s question about discussing the
denial with skilled nursing and add Marcy's doctor(s) to that. Discuss it
with them alone first, and perhaps include Marcy in another discussion once
you've gotten some headway with them.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
>