Update - August 30

Dad is depending on us for much more assistance. Some things that are important to him in his daily routine are more of a challenge. He still loves to go out to bring in the mail. His mid day activity is sitting at the window to watch for the mail Jeep. At times now he will forget to get the mail or go out in the evening to check again for mail. Yesterdy he watched the entire Ted Kennedy funeral which really surprised me. It was a Mass, so I think that helped him stay focused. Last night he watched Lawrence Welk. Most weeks I try to tape it so Dad can watch it again maybe in a month or so. Last night he was telling me some things he noticed about that night's show. He asked if I had taped it because he missed when they told what year it was from. So this morning I took over the tape so he could watch it to check the year. After he watched it, he told me he had never seen that show before. At first, I thought I had taken the wrong tape over. But he described the program the same way he described it last night.

Dad can't use his computer anymore, but Kay reads him the e-mails from Dennis every once in a while. I know it is not very contemporary, but I think Dad would love to get some short letters/notes in the mail.