Maybe
Guns N’ Roses was right, “... Nothin' lasts forever … and it's hard to hold a
candle in the cold November rain …”
Others
all seem like such youngens either chronologically or in terms of MS progression.
I pray they all can stay forever young, stay forever mild. It sure doesn’t get
any easier.
Whatever,
as long as I can still push a wheelchair and the first snow falls it was time
to get Patti out for a push and roll through the park adjacent to her care
facility.
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MS
dementia symptoms are such cunning thieves. Patti enjoys the ‘now’ of the push
and roll but she quickly forgets as she remembers her longer ago pre-MS times
skiing.
Then it
was home for dinner and back to my ongoing project to extend Patti’s self-feeding
for as long as possible. Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving left overs are not exactly
dysphagia friendly food and require me or someone to feed Patti along with
verbal cues.
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On the
other with the flick of a switch our gas fireplace leaps to life as I hand Patti
a bowl she can self-feed with cut up MorningStar Farms vegetarian buffalo wings,
cut up mango spears, and grapes to enjoy in front of a fire after a push and
roll through the season’s first snow.
One way or another we all live 'in the now', some of us just remember it.
One way or another we all live 'in the now', some of us just remember it.
Patrick Leer
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I hope you and Patti continue to enjoyably first snow falls together!
ReplyDeleteOklhdan, we are reading and waiting!:)
DeleteI just cant' get it into my head the concept that it is winter already with snow. Having said that, it sounds like you guys had a great outing and the food, as always, looks delicious!
ReplyDeletebetty
Betty, technically it is still Fall but once those holiday decorations go up, bring on the snow!
DeletePatrick - I admire your thoughtfulness with Patti and the continuing energy you bring to Patti's outings.
ReplyDeleteCranky we both are kindred spirits of the north wind.
Delete"vegetarian buffalo wings" – the concept is just wrong in so many ways, but if it's something Patti can eat without help, they have at least one redeeming feature!
ReplyDeleteHi Zoomdoggies! Loved your remark. As the package says "Buffalo-sauce flavor baked into crispy, boneless, veggie chicken wings". As a soy based chicken substitute obviously they are boneless which is critical for Patti when self feeding. Plus our daughter eats vegetarian and turned us on to them a couple years ago, frankly they are more convenient to cook up and better than the original if anyone has problems holding food, especially dangerous chicken bones.
DeleteSo glad you were able to get out and enjoy the snow. We just got rain from that storm. The food bowl idea of yours is so clever as you continue to find enjoyable meals for Patti. (Just be careful of grapes -- they can be potential choking hazards if not sliced in half.)
ReplyDeletePeace,
Muff