Manor Care

Manor Care, the rehab facility in Sunnyvale, is very lovely. We feel like we're at a posh hotel with congenial room service at our beck and call 24/7. We're in a double room, but there's no roommate yet, so I've been able to sleep here, which is great.

He met with one of the physical therapists today and worked on how to safely get out of bed and into a wheelchair. So much easier when you know what you are doing!! With the right techniques and equipment, it's totally doable with even just one helper, and not even a big hulking one. When we tried this at home, we were so clueless. What surprises me is that the visiting nurses and home health aids that we had hired were also clueless. For example, the wheelchair they had ordered for him...totally wrong kind since you can't take off one of the arms to slide into it using a sliding board. Lesson learned: train with the professionals before attempting at home!

Don't know what to think about progress of radiation. Graham is able to scissor his legs back and forth very nicely, but hasn't been doing as well lifting them up. Time will tell.

We enjoyed visits today from Gary, as well as Ellen, Rick and Zack. Gary had just received several boxes that he had packed when he was clearing out his and Graham's mom's place after her death. He brought over some of his mom's paintings and sketches for Graham to look at, as well as some old correspondence of theirs that their mom had saved for years. It's always fun going down Memory Lane.

Graham is right now choosing his menu selections for the next week. So far, the food has been pretty tasty. But he doesn't have much of an appetite and is forcing himself to eat. Although he will always eat ice cream, so I make sure to have that on hand for him.

Here's our new contact info for the next couple of weeks:

Graham Green, c/o Manor Care
1150 Tilton Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94087

And you can reach us on my cellphone: 650-242-2265.

From all the pain medication, or maybe just from whatever cancer is left in his brain, Graham sometimes wakes up very disoriented. Also, when he's very tired and just about to fall asleep, his words don't always make sense.

Today he woke up trying to get out of bed, forgetting that he would fall flat on his face. Oh, the interesting conversations we have when he's in utter la-la land! But then, after a few minutes of that, he either wakes up and snaps out of it, or gets some needed sleep.

So if you have a chat with him when he's sleepy, don't be surprised if the conversation takes an odd turn here and there!