Updating his diary
These ramblings are for me really, just to keep Lionel’s diary up to date.
Most of what has happened have already been mentioned elsewhere on the forum in various threads.
Lionel spent a very quiet Chrismas day,in that he never opened his eyes all day. I took him into the main dining room for dinner, and fed him, and ate my superb lunch with some of the other residents. He ate well, although never seemed at all ‘with it’. Just another day to him. I feel sure he had another TIA in the week before Xmas.
He had family visitors on New Years Eve. Some cousins, who had not seen him for about 7 years. They were wonderful with him, talking about old times and looking at all the family photos that are in his room. He is unable to join in, but I like to think he picks up on the atmosphere.
Once again he did not open his eyes. He is not really asleep, you can always tell when he is truly sleeping. I guess he just wants to block out the world.
One new development, his room, along with 4 others have been incorporated into the EMI unit. This just means that the double doors outside his room are now security locked with a number code.
Of course this now means that the other residents of the unit have access to the corridor that houses his room. Mainly little old ladies wander in and out, and now things are going to ‘walk’. Thought about this long and hard… it is going to make not a happence of difference to Lionel, he will never be aware, so does it matter.
Indeed one lady helped me to start taking the decorations down on Monday, and promptly wandered off with some bright red & green bells, muttering to herself “these are very pretty”.
They are taking him into the residents lounge more often now, he does not object.
He has no idea, but at least does not seem disturbed or anxious.
So we start 2008. I wonder what the year will bring for my lovely man