The C Word – A New Battle Day 23 - Progress made

Oh my goodness, it was so nice to have a large block of time to sleep.  Aside from 2 potty breaks (one mine and one his), we got to sleep from just before midnight until 6:30AM.  It was such a treat!

Today we had a technician scheduled to fix our refrigerator.  The tech was very good and had our refrigerator repaired in about 30 minutes.  He was also able to pull it out from its cubicle so I got a chance to clean the floor under it for the first time in six years.  I gotta say that it was not bad at all under it.  As I was prepping for the repair man I thought I would move food to the fridge in mom’s apartment… but, alas, it was warm!  Defunct!  And it’s only maybe two years old.  After the tech finished with our fridge we asked him to take a look at the other one to tell us if it is worth fixing.  We only paid about $300 for it as it is one of those half size fridges.  He got so intrigued with trying to figure out what was wrong with it.  He did figure it out but we don’t know if we’ll fix it or not since we don’t need it right now anyway.  (He didn’t charge us for troubleshooting it either). 

Dr. B sent a text today to check in on George.  After some back and forth he asked if George was eating 1000 calories a day yet.  We told him that he was not even close as we figure it is more in the 400-500 range.  However, George told him he was up to the challenge.  So today he ate quite a bit – a bowl of Raisin Bran with milk, a small bowl of minestrone soup, a good size sandwich roll with butter, and some ravioli with a little bit of spaghetti sauce on it.  I think he actually got to 1000!  Bravo!

The other thing Dr. B said is he wants George up and moving more - - so this evening as the sun was beginning to set we took a slow stroll.  Went to the corner and back and then the other direction a few houses and back.  Bravo again! 

I know it is hard for George to achieve these things – but when he does he feels the sense of accomplishment.  Way to go George! 

It is now time to hook George up for the night!  Looking forward to another good night of sleep!