Thankful For The Cottage

STEELE Standing

We survived last night’s storm and even kept our hydro this time. We were thankful for the girls this morning who jumped in to help with moving Tina around.

Sarah helped Emma with the exercises.  They usually take about 30 to 45 minutes and are supposed to be done twice a day. Sarah made sure the stretch was good.  She pushed until her nose touched Tina’s finger and then she knew the stretch was good enough.

After breakfast, Tina asked us to all write down on a piece of paper what we are thankful for and then she would read them and we had to guess who wrote each one.  Tina couldn’t write hers so we did it for her.

Emma and I went for a morning swim.  It was a cooler morning and quite windy but the water was super warm.

The homecare worker, Adrianne came this morning and gave Tina her bath.  Shortly after that Angela, the nurse came for check in.  It’s great that the cottage is so close so that Tina can keep up with her routine…it certainly is a busy one.

Dad and Ron came for lunch.  I think they brought more food than they ate.

After lunch, Kate came and brought her little sweet girl, Willow.  She enjoyed the water for a bit. 

And then Willow got to work on Tina’s nails.

She really did a great job (actually Kate did the manicure) and Tina really enjoys this little bit of pampering.  We spent the rest of the evening with a little swim and then watched some home videos.  We smiled a little and laughed a lot.  There are lots of memories hidden in those old pictures and videos.

Tina had a full day of visitors and is a little more tired than she has been.  She sleeps in her chair that was brought from her house.  They have been experiencing with the sleep assist machine to make sure there is enough moisture and not too much.  Tina tires easily but doesn’t sleep too much through the day.  She can move a little freer right after morning exercises but stiffens up through the day after sitting in one position.  Her food needs to be soft and moist or she can choke.  This disease robs so much from a person but so far it hasn’t taken Tina’s positive attitude and that means a lot.

We are STEELE Standing and STEELE hoping and praying for a miracle.

Thanks for standing with us!