30 April Saturday

Today was First Communion day for Noah, something that has been on the wish list for Krista for two years according to Mike. There was always a possibility that things would not go to plan but every day since I have been here it has been a topic of conversation or something was happening towards today.  It involved the church bit and the lunch bit at Di Napoli Restaurant  for 23 family and friends. It was always going to be either Noni going or me going as someone had to stay with Gramps. The end result was me going just to the luncheon. So we had to agree on a plan with Gramps in the morning to work around me being gone. 

Today was a totally different day from Gramps than yesterday and somehow Gramps seemed down from the start.

He did not want to get up this morning, was cold and wanted to warm up first, but came out for breakfast and by then sun was pouring into the kitchen and it was nice and warm. He stayed up until it was time for me to be picked up but was pretty quiet and then got back in bed, said he thought he overdid it the day before. 

I came home with Tony and Natalie as they wanted to say hi to Gramps. He really does not want company because he is not looking his best but rose to the Occassion. Martinellis and the Gregs arrived after that, gramps stayed in bed. Once everyone was gone Noni and I both had a little snooze but put our heads together to come up with something for gramps to have for dinner, fried potatoes and eggs. He would have happily slept on but Noni told him he had to sit up. He ate the eggs with a root beer  and asked if there was any ice cream, polished off the frozen yogurt Michelle had brought over. 

We sat in there with him and got talking about various things and aside from 2 short coughing bouts he    talked almost normally and we were able to have a bit of D&M for half an hour or so, the longest and the most he has talked since I got here. He talked openly about the situation and said it was clear they could not stay on in the house alone, doing nothing was not an option. He says he thinks although he may get better then he is now, he does not see getting his strength back, so does not like the look of the future for himself and how that will impact on Noni. It was good to be able to discuss things openly. 

He decided to come out and sit in the den where Noni was doing her crochet. gReg arrived to sort out the TV again as the two remotes keep getting used wrongly and then we lose the channels. They need a new Comcast box and cable to match the new TV. Hopefully this will happen tomorrow. I still think he is improving physically and moving around more  easily, but it is slow and I am not sure about his mental health, his spirits, this is where his situation is taking its toll.