This month, Bill has been in memory care for two years! I can't believe it's been that long. We had a "good" day today. He was glad to see me and very happy that I brought him homemade lasagna! We had a nice visit and he was mostly aware of what was going on. He did really good in exercise class with his arms; his legs, no.
I actually got to see them use the lift on him, today. I had never seen it in action before. They roll him up to it, fasten a belt-like thing (which is hooked to the machine) around his back, and then turn it on. The machine does the work. Because he is such a big man, no one can help him get up and down now. You can see the machine - it's the blue piece of equipment.
The sad thing is, that with arthritis in his knees and hips, it hurts him when the machine pulls him up. So he began yelling, "ouch, ouch, ouch" as it pulled him up. I know it's a necessity, but it was so sad to see him like that. Hateful disease . . .
I'm glad that this was a "good" day.
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