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Fwd: So sorry
by M Hayes 29 May '17

29 May '17

>From cousin Darci ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Darci <darcigardner(a)yahoo.com> Date: Mon, May 29, 2017 at 6:31 PM Subject: So sorry To: Mary Hayes <maryghayes(a)gmail.com> Hey Mary, Cathy called and told me and mom about your dad. I just wanted to tell you how sorry I am. I know that you know how this goes, but I just wanted you to know I was thinking of you. Please let me know if you need anything. I wish I had something inspiring are comforting to say, all I have to say is that I love you and I hope you're hanging in there. Love Darci Sent from my iPhone

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Dad
by Carol Carroll 22 May '17

22 May '17

It's been 2 weeks since we brought Dad home from the care center. My family and I can NOT keep going like we have the past 2 weeks. We are exhausted. We aren't sleeping. Mom is not sleeping. Rog has taken 3 (unpaid) days off work to help. We are going to flame out. Dad needs more help than my family and I can give. He needs help often thru the day. He needs help 3-5 times during each night. Hospice only provides 3 hours of care per week. Some of you who live far away or work out of town might have to get creative to figure out how to provide care for Dad. But he needs more help. He needs your help.

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The bed
by Blaine Gardner 21 May '17

21 May '17

After seeing Zach play with it, Dad is trying the bed! He hasn't been interested in it before. Then Val & I worked through several iterations of remote control improvements, because Dad found the buttons confusing. We tried colors and diagrams, and wound up with dowels and duct tape. It looks pretty strange, but does what he wants. Horizontal dowels act as toggle switches for up and down. Vertical dowels let him move both ends of the bed together. He's still inventing! He's going to try sleeping in the bed tonight.

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Chair remote
by Blaine Gardner 21 May '17

21 May '17

Dad's "new" chair lost one direction (down, I think) Carol worked around it by hooking up the remote from another chair. Some of the buttons were funny, but it works. I couldn't see anything obviously wrong with the remote, but found a replacement at a reasonable price, so I got it. But the new one acts the same as the old one, so it looks like the problem is not the remote itself, but the control box in the chair. So the borrowed remote is back in place, and I've taken the control box to repair or replace. Blaine

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Papa's new office
by Carol Carroll 18 May '17

18 May '17

We have been working on Dad's office to make it more useful to his current abilities. We are close to finished with the renovations. He does need a wider door (36") put in, if anyone could tackle that project. He also needs help getting his things arranged the way he wants them. If you have time to help him he would like that. Thanks

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