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Is this the only borther Dad had left on the earth? Is this the brother who came to Gary's funeral and went to fishing with Dad often? Sad... I wish Dad would like to go to his funeral...

Uncle Richard

I'm not sure if you all heard that Dad's brother Richard passed away last Friday. Apparently it was sudden. He had a lung infection of some sort. I asked Dad if he wanted to go to the funeral. He said no. LaVon and Joleen called him to see if they could take him to the funeral in Arkansas and he declined. Sad.

February visits!

Just a brief update--Todd, Sheryl, Den and myself, as couples are taking turns caring for dad on a weekly basis. This is our week. The second week of February, Dad was generally in happy spirits when Den or I were with him. He was asking about his money again. We did the usual visits complete with trips to the grocery store, hair appointments and out to lunch etc. I'm concerned about his hygiene and his eating habits. Also, his back was bothering him.
It's the beginning of the fourth week of February, and Dad was very happy today. We spent half the day together doing his errands and mine. As long as I am holding his hand or he is pushing the shopping cart he is on sure footings. He said his TV is going out and he wants the one that was in his bedroom, which we took over there once and it didn't fit on his dresser, so we took to DI. Dennis plans on buying him a new TV when the old one goes out. I took his laundry home to do, but there were no underwear in the pile of shirts and jeans. He is a little discouraged that he doesn't receive much mail in his mailbox. So, maybe we could drop him a line now and then. His back is feeling better today. He said he thought he remembered the girl in the photo with him. He said, I think it's a girl in my ward because she looks so familiar!

Feb 20, 210

I was trying to visit Dad today. When I called him to trying find out what's the good time for him to visit , he asked me a couple of times what the purpose of my visit. I said, well, I did not see you for a while and want to see how are you doing. We can go shoping if you want, or you need anything i could bring over to you... He said he did not need anything, did not want to shopping, and he is busy today that he has not time for visitors. I said OK then.

We have posted a copy of Harold's "living will" on the inside of his kitchen cabinets in response to a request by the management at Olympus Ranch to have something in the apartment in case of an emergency.