A nice thing happened later last night. We'd brought Ed's beat-up, caseless old mandolin home to take to him Monday. Hardi lovingly polished, tuned, string-oiled, and played it for awhile before bed, and then stowed it in a spare, lightweight mandolin case that will protect it around all the hard surfaces to come. It'll fit under a bed nicely too. We'll lable it of course. It will mean a lot to him when he sees it in there, to know where it came from, and that Hardi took so much time with it. Eventually his banjo will go to him as well. He'll have enough instruments to give lessons and organize jams, and this will really make him happy. Hell, he'll end up being the chaplain too.

I'd love to tuck in some cards or messages from Catters. Instead of printing the whole thread-- and it's fine that it discusses ANYone's elder care-- I'll just printing individual messages. Or PM me for a snail address-- rather not print color cards off puder from online cards.

Eldercare facilities now often have shared puders. Eventually I'll get him set up on email. :~)

Just so you all know (not crying wolf)-- it will be completely normal for him to bounce in and out of institutional care for several months. Hard to know now how far we are down that slippery slope, for now.

~Susan