I have to write this quickly because dinner awaits, at my friends’ house. It is 85 degrees and sunny. 🙂 Kids are swimming outside in a swimming pool.
this afternoon, I was able to say prayers with Dan. I asked him if I could say a prayer. He said, “Sure! Go ahead.” So I read him the healing prayer. During this short prayer, he fell asleep. He goes in and out. So I just kept going and read about 3 more prayers. I was very happy to do this for him. Then I left a few prayer cards for the nurses, Blessed is the Spot, and “O God refresh and gladden my spirit.” Honestly, I do not feel that Dan is in a state to say anything about his beliefs. He is very happy to have me there, asked for me today before I got there, and it just reassures him. He knows he has family. I asked him today, “Who are your best friends, Dan?” and he said, “I don’t have any.” He is not in a state to say things that he doesnt’ mean. Everything he says is for real. This is a blessing.
Quickly, I also managed today to get him out in the sunlight. We sat in a garden terrace with him in a wheel chair for a good hour. He keeps complaining of being cold, so it was great for him to be out in the sun and he loved it. But during the hour, he slept some, and spit up so badly that it came out his nose. It is really nasty stuff, the end of this disease. To be there, it has been a good thing. I know my presence reassures him. Like Leah said, my mom and dad would be glad he had some company. Nice it worked out.
Doctor Grandma 
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