This is Wednesday the 9th
It sure feels so much better having Dennis eight blocks from Stauffer, rather than 45 miles.
A van picked him up in Mankato at 10:30 and he arrived at Good Samaritan in time for noon lunch.
I was just leaving the house when Dennis called me and asked when I was coming to see him. Sweet.
It was great to see him in good spirits. Physical therapy is on board right at the facility. There were so many familiar names on the board as I came in the front door. So many of the staff are familiar to Dennis and vice-versa.
I had taken Dennis his battery-operated razor with his fu-fu good smelling after shave. Since Friday, there had been a missing component of his CPAP machine. I knew we had a spare part here at home, so I know he will get a better sleep tonight using his machine. He had a heart halter on the entire time he was in Mankato, so there was no threat of him getting in trouble without using the CPAP. He has been sleeping and many times napping with it for 17 years without fail.
Dennis will be wearing a heart halter for the next two weeks, just to make sure all is as it should be.
The nurse came in and allowed him to know she was going over his charts and saw that he was a smoker. She asked Dennis if he wanted a patch that would simulate nicotine. Dennis passed on that offer. Hopefully that is a great sign of things to come.
I know, I will be visiting him most often every day. Everything is under control here in our tiny home.
The boxelders are fighting the beetles for space on the screens as I am sitting at my desk typing, with windows facing south.
I know the Schwan’s ice cream company is no more, but a van with the same color combinations and no signage just went down Stauffer. Someone is getting their ice cream fix.
This was a wonderful hump day, with many more to come.
With that I will take my leave. ♥