Happy Pioneer Day!

Ashley is still missing in action. Not really. Grandpa Sagers called and said that they wanted her to stay until tomorrow so she could go to the fireworks with them tonight and then to the community breakfast in the morning. The breakfast has always been a big deal in Bothwell, Utah, my adopted hometown. So, hopefully Ashley is having lots of fun. Sheila still misses her badly. Thank goodness for cell phones so she can still hear her voice.

Today Mt. Ogden HRC had a BBQ out in the courtyard for all of the residents. Holly and I decided that we would go and take Sheila to it. They had hamburgers, barbeque chicken, baked beans, salad and vegetables. Unfortunately we didn’t get to stay out and enjoy the company. For the second night in a row Sheila started screaming after being in her wheelchair for about 15-20 minutes. Last night we took her back to her room after she ate only part of her dinner. We had to do the same tonight. This time we took our food with us and ate with her in her room. Because the CNAs have to feed all of the other residents first, they can’t come and get Sheila back in bed as quickly as she would like. It makes for a very long hour of listening to her scream and cry. Nothing seems to console her once she gets going.

We’re not really sure what is causing her to scream. We are going to ask the nurses to check to make sure there is nothing medically wrong that would cause her to be in pain, especially when she is sitting, which seems to be when it is happening.