Thursday, October 28, 2010

Every morning I go in to the kitchen around 6:15 to take my vitamins, make coffee and get my orange juice. I try not to wake Dad up because then I go put on my makeup. This morning, I heard Dad saying something in a whisper. I went to his door and heard him saying "diddle de do da, diddle de do da" over and over. After I get on my makeup, I go back to the kitchen and turn on the light. Often, that will either wake Dad up, or he will say something to me if he's awake. This morning he said, "Hey, Susie!" I said, "Good morning!" He reached his hand out to me and I shook it and then he pulled my hand to him and kissed it. He looked at me and said, "I love you, Susie." I said, "I love you, Dad." When I pulled the covers back, he had pulled off his bottoms and had pulled his t-shirt over his head so that it was around his neck and arms. I got him dressed and ready for the day. This afternoon, when I picked him up at Life Care, he was sleeping in a chair. I woke him and told him it was time to go home. He said, "I'm not ready to go home. I'm going to stay here a while." He was not going to budge. John came over and helped me get him up. Once he was up on his feet, he was happy and ready to do what we needed him to do. Tonight when it was time for bed, I woke him up and told him I was going to get him in bed. He said, "Lordy, Lordy, Lordy me mercy" and got right up. I had his hand and he pulled me to him and gave me a big hug. Bless his heart! Susie