Thanks for the fun party Megan! I hope Leland enjoyed her send-off. I do need to debunk one fact though...

The bag of candy corn that I ate the day before yesterday was NOT made in the USA, but in Mexico also. So that debunks the whole "candy corn from Mexico is sweeter" theory. Sorry. I promise to do more research to figure out why the bag that Leland and I atte yeserday seemed so sweet. (Perhaps it was because it was the second bag of candy corn that I had eaten in two days, hmmmmm?!?)

Thanks again Matt and Megan!

Love to all - Levelle

FYI...Quinn is in the hopital.

She wants you to know that she's doing fine, will be home in a day or two hopefully, pending results of tests. (sorry Megan et al, doubt she'll be making it to the party on Saturday) They brought her in last night due to an irregular heart beat (atrial fibrillation) - irregular, fast and slow. She drugged up now and it is no longer high, but when she gets up, her heart beat shoots up too high. They are running test and also checking her thyroid for hypothyroid (I'm guessing now hypo/hyper sounds the same to me - you know that medical stuff is way over my head) I did ask if it's the same thing as Mom had and she said no. If they do not get it regulated soon, she may be sent home on heart medicine and blood thinner for th rest of her life. (not her ideal).

That's what I know for now - let you know if I hear more.

Love to all and PFQ - Levelle

PS She is a Carroll County General but Lisa was not on duty when she went in.

A New Thread -- Party time

Greetings, one and all,

I got tired of not finding a new post (but maybe no news is good news). Check your e-mail inboxes for a party invitation that I should have sent via the more formal USPS (but ran out of time). I hope you all can make it, and would you mind passing the invitation along to all of your grown and growing children? I'm sure my contact list is way out of date. Can we work on a family e-mail directory?

Hope you all are well and are squeezing every bit of fun out of what's left of summer.

Love, Megan

She is not a happy camper, but not to worry...

It is all Quinn's fault. I had the meeting at BG last Saturday at 12n. We reviewed Mom's plan of care, discussed her progress/ concerns. It was actually pretty uneventful as Mom has been pretty status quo for a while now. The one area of concern that I raised was her hygiene. I asked about them offering Mom "help to get a shower or bath ready" or some kind of verbal cue to make her think about washing up. That was Saturday.
On Sunday, Megan, Paul, Tod and I arrived to find an angry, tearful, depressed, but clean mother. She would not say if anything specific had happened to make her so upset. She "just wanted to get out of their one way or another". She also wanted to know if the house had sold - and believe me she would not let us dance around the answer- and how much it sold for. We said that yes the house had sold and then directed her to Danny for the specifics ;-) We kept trying to distract her and get her to come out of her room, but the more we pushed the more she withdrew. Finally, she had had enough. She turned and pointed at me and said " I know you have been going around telling everyone that I am... that I can't....". Then she started really crying, crawled in bed and told us to leave. She didn't have to finish. It was clear that not only did they force her to clean up, they also used me as the reason they had to do it.
I called and spoke with one of the managers first thing Monday morning. I let her know how angered and humiliated Mom was and how completely unprofessional their actions were. Tanya was very apologetic and is looking into the situation. She will find out what exactly happened and who was involved. She does have a good rapport with Mom and is going to talk to her casually and see if she can help her in any way. She will be getting back to me and I will pass on any updates. Sorry for the bad news. LTA, Q