“Miss Thundercloud”, Farrah Fawcett & Michael Jackson

Today we all met with the management of the nursing home (WCC) for Sheila’s Quarterly Care Plan Review. They want to make sure we were happy with the care that Sheila is receiving and to address any concerns. WCC is concerned with Sheila’s vocal outburst and their inability to get her to calm down and tell them what is bothering her. They also want us to find a local neurologist instead of taking her to Logan. If we want to keep going to Dr. M. Williams in Logan then we will have to pay for a private transportation company to take her as WCC will not provide transportation to Logan. We are not really sure what we want to do about that.

After our meeting we joined Sheila for group singing time. The girls and I really enjoyed learning some very old songs, but Sheila did not. She just wasn’t in the mood to be around other people. We have learned that if she isn’t excited to see us; then things are not well.

This afternoon she got so upset that WCC had their medical director prescribe Klonopin (Clonazepam) to control her anxiety. This seemed to work really well. By the time we got to her this evening she was feeling “really good”. She kept telling us how sad it was that both Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson died. She can’t understand why Farrah doesn’t get as much TV time as Michael does. She also remembers that growing up my brother had a Farrah Fawcett poster in our bedroom.