Today Dale is officially no longer a hospice patient. He is doing too well to remain on. It is still hard to imagine that in the middle of August he came home from the hospital unable to get out of bed, eat or drink water, and on oxygen.
Today we visited our favorite bookstore: http://achildrensplacebookstore.com/ and enjoyed wine and dinner with friends who brought Dale a new cane to practice his walking. While we have no rational explanation for this miracle we are all so very grateful to be enjoying a little more time. Our dear friend Stephen calls this an Indian Summer and we are hoping for a long and warm one.
As we are adjusting to our new home and Dale's increased energy our current needs for help and support are changing. We have all been granted the opportunity to spend more quality time together. We have just moved all of Dale's family history boxes and his writing journals into the study and he looks forward to spending some time looking through some of this, sharing some stories and perhaps having someone record some of the stories. Also he loves just visiting with folks and telling his stories.
The calendar on the blog http://dale411.blogspot.com/ has asterisks on mornings or afternoons when Dale would welcome visitors. Times are flexible except where specific ones are noted.
Dale also greatly enjoys sharing meals and visiting with folks at mealtimes. It works well for you to bring food and enjoy our condo/bistro but also Dale is really up for meeting somewhere for lunch or early supper/happy hour. He is really getting around well enough to enjoy being out and about.
The calendar goes through mid December and probably we won't do another update until then unless something changes.
Thanks as always for your continued love, support, prayers and wishes. We are blessed and grateful. I am attaching a photo of Dale and his best buds from a trip a couple of years ago:
-- Much love
Patty
