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[TNNurse]

38. I want to first thank everyone for the kind words and support.

I probably should have said from the beginning that I was sharing because I was caught not being well enough prepared. I just thought I was prepared. I was not.

I realize that her being in assisted living is still new and I am playing catchup. But for example, today I have called the business from which she acquired a wheelchair. I had paperwork but was not at all sure how it had been rented. A very nice young woman explained they had billed Medicare and there would be bills for the copay...someday. Medicare pays 80/20 and will pay for a year and after that it belongs to my sister. None of that was on the paperwork. I have also gotten two phone calls from people involved with the facility needing extra information. They were reasonable. I look forward to the day when all the information is settled. I got a nice report from the Nurse Practitioner who saw her and she gave me some details.
Yesterday, I got money to the nice man who had continued to mow her yard even though she had not paid him in 3 months, he could not get her to answer the door.
Still need to get her mail forwarded to my house. If I don't go by every few days, her mailbox is filled with junk mail along with real mail.

I am sure that tomorrow I will have something else to handle.

For myself, I picked from our blueberries and blackberries this morning, cut the grass on the very small front yard that the mower my husband uses cannot maneuver. It was nice to manage normal things at our house.

We have good friends, I see a counselor and a niece and a cousin have sent me flowers thanking me for what I am doing.

When other issues show up, I will share, not asking for compliments but just including all that has to be done.

Thanks again, Alice Beth