CAREGIVING: Well we had a very nice day. Kathy was feeling a little better. I was able to give her a shower. She slept while I cooked. I baked chocolate chip cookies that were supposed to be healthier. The recipe replaced some of the butter with tahini and I replaced part of the sugar with splenda. So I made them… Read more →
Category: Life
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving
CAREGIVING: This was a really tough morning. Kathy is still zonked by whatever she has. I called and cancelled her physical therapy and the home health aide even though I could have used the help. Kathy slept until around 9:30. I tried to give her a shower but she had absolutely no body strength to help move herself. She really… Read more →
The United Nations of health aides
CAREGIVING: Tuesday morning Melissa, an aide from the VNA came to give Kathy a shower and help her get dressed. She comes twice a week, the other days I take care of the showers etc. and all the personal care stuff. I had Melissa wear a mask while she was here so she wouldn’t get whatever it was. We decided… Read more →
Congestion
CAREGIVING: Kathy never gets sick. Not everyday sick. Granted she has a terminal disease but she doesn’t groan or complain about aches and pains. No colds. But she has what sounds like congestion in her lungs. It shows up mostly at night, after we eat and after we try to get her to swallow her meds and supplements. It has… Read more →
Music Growing Up
LIFE: I am the curator of the Lehndorff family’s photographs. I’ve been scanning and trying to organize them. We were a pretty musical bunch, the Lehndorffs. Dad came over from Austria in 1938 with his cello. We had a string quartet that used to meet at our house in Fitchburg, MA. My dad loved it although he was the first… Read more →
I Think I’ve Got It
Originally posted on OpenSalon.com March 12, 2011 MUSIC: In my day job a do a lot of graphic work for health care providers, like doctors and hospitals. I do ads and brochures and logos. But I am also really interested in health, wellness, and medicine. And health reform. My dad was a doctor and my mom was a nurse, so… Read more →
Favorite Things
Originally posted at OpenSalon.com: MARCH 1, 2011 10:11PM LIFE: I really planned to do this as a little music video, playing guitar. I started working on an arrangement but it would have taken forever for me to post it. So try to imagine the Von Trapp kids singing this behind an old guy: My Favorite Things: I like my house. It’s older… Read more →