Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Legion State Park, Louisville, MS - Nov 4-16
We moved down here in order to facilitate Ann's move to Noxapater. We knew there would be lots of errands associated with getting her settled in. This is a very nice state park, with full hookups ($12/night for over 62), located within the city limits of Louisville, but in thick woods with a small lake.
We worried that we had made a mistake by making the move when they were still so unfinished and also unstructured. However, just being in Noxapater with friends around has made up for any lack of completion. Ann is quite happy. Two of the owners, Steve & Patricia Weeks, are former "square-dance buddies" of Willie's parents, and Ann is enjoying their company immensely. They are moving quickly to complete the final cosmetic items, and truthfully, Ann is too blind to notice or care about most of them. She is the only resident until late this week. She is being pampered in every way and is loving it. We only hope she won't be disappointed when they have more residents. They will only have 15 at full capacity, so it will still be quite individualized treatment. Plus they won't have the patients with dementia, which were the overwhelming majority of the people at Homeplace. Ann has been eating all she has been served and has come out of her room to socialize. Her room is a bit smaller than the one at Homeplace, but she has all she needs, and it is quite cozy. Her phone and cable should be installed in the next day or two.And we have some sad news to report. Gertie, companion of almost 20 years to Doug's dad Gayle, passed away late last week in her sleep. She had recently become so ill that she was staying at a nursing home in Tucson near Gayle. We will all miss her very much. We are looking forward to being near Tucson so we can spend some time with him. Doug's daughter Erin and her husband Bryan will be visiting Tucson, along with us, at Christmas time.
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 11:52 PM 
