Mom, Gary and I went to see Dad today at the Convalescent Center. He was in bed when he got there but he looked well and was fairly talkative. He is getting up twice a day for physical therapy. He's taken walks down the hallway and back, but with a walker. The therapist wanted him to go outside but he was being ornery (frankly), he said it was cold and didn't want to. We tried to tell him that they are trying to help him and he should at least try. His appetite is not so great. He doesn't really like the food like he did at Hotel Huntington Memorial Hospital. They are tapering him off the steroids and I think that is why he's not so hungry. He looked to me like he lost a little weight actually. We stayed for about 1.5 hours or so until his 103 year old roommate (yes, he's 103 and not a 102 as first mentioned) started yelling in a pretty strong voice for his age...."NURSE!!"...and scared the life out of Gary! He jumped in his wheelchair, mom said she thought he was going to levitate. We couldn't help it, we laughed, but the poor man cannot hear a thing and he just kept yelling "NURSE!!" and "NURSE I need you" and Gary would jump every time. The last time I saw, Gary covered his ears and his face, like, make him stop! I went to go get a nurse for him but could not find one. Mom came back to the room and went to tell him that we were trying to find a nurse and he yelled at her...."I need a urinal" and he unfortunately had something out in the open waiting for his urinal. She said she said, ""OK, I'll get that for you", and gave him his urinal....I know, sorry, way too much information but we have to find our humor wherever we can get it! :)

Dad asked about all of you, I told him about the blog and then he wanted to talk to Uncle Rol so he called him on Mom's cell. He read some of his comments and was happy to see a note from Don Keenan. He said we should have brought the camera, which we were but forgot, we remembered while on the way there. So pics next time. He told me to tell you all that he's feeling better every day.

After the visit I took mom to the mall, she's been shopping for a new and sturdy, non-swiveling, non-rocking recliner for Dad. She found one she liked and it was on sale but the sale was over today, so she went in and ordered that for him. It's being delivered on the 13th. And Dad has a Dr. visit on the 15th in Glendale. Mom is starting a job this Monday and I'm working now so we're not sure how we're going to arrange that yet.