Tuesday, September 03, 2002
I heard about this in the morning, and I dutifully headed up to Newmarket after I helped pick up Vanessa from her first day of school.
Same as last time essentially -- confused, disoriented, may no have been taking her medication and food. It was likely due in part to nobody being able to visit her over the long weekend.
Poor Mom is really looking frail -- more so that even the last time I saw her. She needs more help than she can get at home, and I tried to impress that upon her.
Before heading up I made several calls and found that there are spaces available at a few retirement and nursing homes in her area. As it turns out, even though I have Power of Attorney/Personal Care, as long as Mom is considered capable (and she still is) she can decide to go back home until the next time she has to go to the hospital. Ugh.
We chatted for a long time, and I handed her a sheaf of family photos for her to looks at, which seemed to please her. Tellingly, she occasionally had trouble recognizing people in the pictures. However, the "excitement" of being in the hospital seemed to perk her up, and she seemed much more "there" by the time I left.
One of the nurses strongly recommended RestHaven as a retirement home to look into. It's in Aurora, which makes it easier for us to get to, while still putting it within easy range of her friends in Keswick. Will see if I can get her in there, at least to start...
Unfortunately I was tied up in something and didn't notice until too late that Erika (who booked a day off of work to do this) had already taken Vanessa to her first day of public school at Kew Beach. Or as Vanessa puts it: "big kid school". ;-)
I did go and pick her up along with Erika and Annie. All of the other Kindergarten kids and her were lined up, all with big yellow badges pinned to them saying "I had a good first day at school". And she did -- the teacher told us that she made friends, was polite and followed directions well.
We had a chance to talk to the teacher for a little while afterwards, essentially getting a mini-interview as to what's required of us in terms of drop-off/pick-up, what not to bring in (any peanut-related products), and what is discouraged (backpacks, because they don't really need to carry much and because it can be a hassle to put on come Wintertime).
Vanessa's teacher seems very nice and has done this long enough that she knows what to do and expect of every child.
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